Pros and Cons of Automated Editing—a Discussion of AutoCrit In the continuing saga of preparing a book for Kindle Scout, let’s talk about editing for self-publishing. This could also apply to editing for submissions, since you need to have your book in squeaky-clean shape before you start submitting to publishers (I know a good number…
Category: General Interest
Even a Monkey Can Write a Bestseller: An Easy Formula
Did that headline get your attention? Did you instant click in to read the rest of the post? Or did you scoff, throwing your hands in the air, saying “there is no formula to a bestseller.” When I read the PW Weekly article, What Makes a Bestseller? Two SMP Authors Say They Know the Formula….
Conference Spotlight: Agent & Editor Critique Round Tables
Thinking about signing up for a critique round table at conference? Act now, because registration is required and registration for those sessions closes this week (July 15). The critique round table sessions are among the most popular offerings at RMFW Colorado Gold. Three and a half hours in length, the round tables offer you a…
Things I Hate to Admit to Myself
There’s nothing that turns me off of a keynote speech at any gathering of writers – be it conferences, workshops, retreats, whatever – more than when the speaker starts out by telling you how impossible it is for you to become a successful writer. When they say that less than 1% of all books submitted…
“Are You Taking This Seriously Enough?” Seriously?
Paul McCartney just turned 74 but he’s still not sure how to write a song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you hear Macca on NPR’s All Songs Considered? Yes, one of the best songwriters of the last six decades or so says he still isn’t sure how it all works. If I was to sit down…