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How to Format a Novel for Submission – by Carol Saller…

A must-read on basic formatting when you are submitting work to editors, agents, and publishers. This would make my job easier when I format a manuscript…

Indicted by the Goodreads Police

I think they should take more notice of fake accounts leaving fake one-star reviews…rather than this. If you enjoy reading another author who happens to have reviewed one of yours…then so be it. At this rate we will all be using pen names…

Audiblegate Row… Update

Thank you to Susan May for keeping us up to date with what is going on with Audible.  The next meeting with them is tomorrow. Good luck and here’s hoping something good comes out of this. https://www.susanmaywriter.net/single-post/we-re-not-gonna-take-it-audible-s-response-to-audiblegate

Word War is BACK – Affect/Effect

With Cac, the Proofreader WORD WAR is back. I will be doing these each Tuesday, and they will be much shorter than before…at least I will attempt that! Let’s go! Affect v. Effect. Affect is ??????? a verb. It means to impact or change. Transform. “How did that affect you?” Effect is ??????? a noun,…
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Goodreads Ransom Scam by Alina Leonova

  Goodreads Ransom Scam And The Platform’s Astonishing Indifference January 13th, 2021   A number of authors are being attacked by scammers who first post multiple fake 1-star reviews and ratings on Goodreads and then demand ransom to take them down. If you are not a book geek, you might not be familiar with Goodreads.…
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LULU eBook Update

      I received this email today and thought I’d share.  It seems we are going to have to pay for Global Distribution for each and every ebook we upload… If you wish GLOBAL… Dear Lulu Author, We’re contacting you today because you currently have Ebook projects using our Global Distribution service. Effective February 15th,…
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Emails and Files

A short blog post about emails and files!! It seems many people either don’t realise, forget or just don’t think about files they’ve attached to emails and sent to contractors, publishers, editors etc., etc. Why do I say this? If you send a file to someone… anyone, then you should still have a copy of…
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Showcasing Author Clients

It has always been my belief that hard work shouldn’t go to waste. I also believe that if something is not a good fit in one place, there’s always a place for it elsewhere. The following showcase was deemed incorrect for a magazine I submitted to, so I’m sharing it here with you. Greetings to…
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5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Amateur Self-Published Book – by Anne R. Allen…

Hitting the nail on the head. Some great advice from Anne R Allen. I’ve seen much of what she mentions. One thing not mentioned however is Formatting or Interior Book Design. This is just as important as Editing and Book Covers. Seeing paperbacks not justified makes me shudder. Be aware and be proud of your…
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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2021

Happy New Year to all our followers and friends. It has been a wow of a year with many of us working from home. The toll on the human race is still growing though with vaccines, perhaps we can beat this virus and the many strains. Please be safe and take care of each other…
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