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March 28, 2018
A Glossary of Publishing Terms: Vol 1.
Here’s the first volume in what will be an expanding glossary of publishing terminology. If you have any questions about any term defined in this list, feel free to let me know and I’ll create an expanded definition for you.
Acquisition: The process of a publisher buying the rights to a manuscript from an author or agent.
Agent: The person who represents an author’s work and interests, submits their manuscripts to editors for acquisition, and negotiates contracts.
ARC (...
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Let the world be saved by darkness, for once. Instead of blazing light - too bright...
Let the world be saved by darkness, for once. Instead of blazing light - too bright and infinitely cold to comprehend even as it gives the illusion of warmth, let it be an all-consuming dark that snuffs out the calamity approaching. Fire or ice, the rage of a superstorm, some horror adrift in the vastness of space - whatever this supposed apocalyptic event might be, let it reach what it believes to be it’s victory only to be devoured in a lightless gulf.
There are things in t...
March 24, 2018
March 21, 2018
What are the stages of drafts? I'm trying to write my own book but I dont know how to draft properly and I feel like I'm gonna be stuck in a gutter if I don't know
Yesssssssssssssss someone finally asked it!!!
I’ve been waiting for the perfect opportunity to explain this and show everybody my inverted pyramid :D :D :D
I present, The Inverted Pyramid of Revising a Book
Now I’ll explain each section of the inverted pyramid:
THE FIRST DRAFT
This should be self-explanatory. You write the first draft. For novels, 75-150,000+ words of the world inside your head.PLOT, CONTENT, SCENES, AND MAJOR CHARACTERS
Go back and fix it all up. Did you tell the story you wanted...
March 19, 2018
March 18, 2018
sleepless in seattleyou’ve got mailfaint whispers of my mother’s scent under my nosea quiet yearning...
sleepless in seattle
you’ve got mail
faint whispers of my mother’s scent under my nose
a quiet yearning for something simpler
a longing for romance
a yearning in my bones for intimacy
a body pressed against mine
heat and pressure healing the wounds in my soul
a wish for an adventure like what I’m seeing on screen
but remembering my reality
lost in the sea of the mess that is modern-day romance
scarred by the foundation that was my parents ‘relationship
add in ingrained fear as a single woman when she fi...
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