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Submission Guidelines for Clients and Ghostly Rites Anthologies.

We have NEW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for clients and or anyone submitting work for an anthology at Plaisted Publishing (Author Assist). This is what you need to know! All work needs to be automatically set up for when you write, this includes – Titles, Chapter Headings, Indents, etc. You won’t need a Contents Page or page…
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English Language and your Readers!

WordPress Wednesday… Look at your English… Which version do you use?

Word War with Cac the Proofreader

Cac The Proofreader back with another WORD WAR, and this one’s a double dose of fun! We’re going to look at two words, each of which has two spellings and different meanings. So I should say we’re looking at four words! Let’s dive in…   ALTOGETHER vs. ALL TOGETHER.   ALTOGETHER means “completely,” “in total,”…
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Interior Design – Fonts and Genre you Write

Nothing is FREE when you publish independently unless you’re a tech expert and know everything. EDITING, INTERIOR DESIGN (Formatting) BOOK COVERS & MARKETING, etc. Can you do everything? I know I can’t which is why I use CONTRACTORS for my manuscripts and developed a business to help other Independent Authors. I’ve seen so much BAD INTERIOR DESIGN,…
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My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

Marketing Tweets for Writers from Roxanne.

How to Design a Book Cover: The Only Guide You Need – by Helen Vdovychenko…

For those who are looking at making book covers. This article also includes help with FONTS for different genres…

English Language and your Readers!

Who is your Audience? Do you know? Do you care? Remember choosing your Audience also affects the marketing you will need to do. Editing is not my thing. I do my best work helping with the flow and structure of a manuscript. I’ll call it proofreading for now. Some things are easy to see and…
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Word War with Cac the Proofreader

“Cac The Proofreader back with another WORD WAR! This is a word that is SO commonly misused/misspelled, and it is something I see pretty much daily: The word “it.” ITS versus IT’S. IT’S actually quite simple–pun intended! One shows possession; one is a contraction/combination of two words. If you want to show possession, omit the…
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FIVERR and the Pros and Cons of Editing

FIVERR and Editing Once again, I have seen New Authors get caught up in messes with supposed Editors from FIVERR. I know there are many good ones out there, like with anything else, it’s a matter of finding them. RESEARCH every part of building your book. This is why our MOTTO is ‘Building Books One…
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