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Creating Your Own Style Sheet

June 24, 2023 //  by Wendy Lawton//  5 Comments

I was recently talking to Brittany Stonestreet, a friend who is finishing up her Masters in Publishing at the prestigious Emerson College in Boston. She mentioned she was just completing the style sheet for her newest YA novel. I
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Be sure your proposal and manuscript are ready to send!

March 13, 2023 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Last time I blogged I wrote about query letters. This time I’d like to focus on proposals and manuscripts.

Recently, I’ve received a few query letters for top-notch ideas, but when I look at the proposal or manuscript, I realize …

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Small Changes

November 21, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  16 Comments

 

small changesDon’t small changes sound like they should naturally connect to small impact? Listed here are ten small changes with surprisingly potent impact on both nonfiction and fiction.

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And is a useful word. It can, however, become as unsightly …

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How is Writing Like Painting?

June 2, 2019 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  15 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

How IS writing like painting?

Not this kind: writing like painting

 

 

 

 

 

Although, yes, writing at its best is art.

For today’s blog post’s purpose, let’s think about this kind of painting and its correlation to …

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Seven Deadly Sins and the Writer

July 16, 2018 //  by Michelle Ule//  20 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Wendy Lawton, whom I hope is no longer waiting for a plane in Duluth . . .

What are the seven deadly sins for a writer?

The usual ones:seven deadly sins and the writer, recognizing greed, sloth, gluttony,lust, wrath, envy, pride, writing life, publishing, editing, spell check, Michelle Ule

  • Lust
  • Gluttony
  • Greed
  • Sloth
  • Wrath
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The End or the Beginning?

September 27, 2016 //  by Michelle Ule//  28 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Wendy who is having technical difficulties.

As I type the glorious words “the end” at the bottom of the page, I know it’s actually just the beginning.

Here are the steps I take when …

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Pruning Words & Other Tasks

August 9, 2016 //  by Michelle Ule//  32 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Wendy today.

Do you have trouble pruning words from your manuscript?

Since childhood, I’ve cherished the scene in Frances Hodgson’s The Secret Garden, where the three children stand outside the door in the …

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Was Your Manuscript Over-Edited?

August 7, 2016 //  by Janet Grant//  44 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Author Dies While Reading Edited Manuscript

Such a headline might well echo the feelings an author experiences when, much to his horror, he discovers his editor has–ahem–done some pretty creative work on the manuscript sent into …

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Handling Writing Distractions: 6 Tips

June 26, 2016 //  by Michelle Ule//  16 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Janet Grant who is attending the International Christian Retail Show this week.

In the course of a professional writing life you have to write despite distractions.

I experienced that situation recently myself. A series …

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Why Attend a Writer’s Conference?

March 22, 2016 //  by Michelle Ule//  14 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Filling in for Rachel, Janet and Wendy over the next three days as they attend, and I write about, the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference.

Why Should You Attend a Writer’s Conference?

Writing can be a lonely …

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