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Ten Tips to Impress an Acquisitions Editor

Writers who are submitting work to magazine or book publishers want to make a good impression from the first contact. These ten tips will help you do just that.

Target the market—make sure your work is a good fit with the publisher.Know the editor—verify her name and spell it correctly.Follow submission guidelines—your work may not even be reviewed if you don't.When in doubt, find out—ask questions rather than do it wrong.Take your cue from the editor on formality and style—be businesslike and fo

Show and Tell Exercises

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In a recent post, I said writers should both show and tell in fiction.

I gave an example of re-writing narrative summary (telling) into an action scene (showing).

Now, it's your turn. Select one or more of the narrative summaries below and re-write as an action scene. If you'd like feedback from me (and anyone who'd like to join in), post your scene in a comment.

1.  Thelma was very angry.  She told John she never wanted to see him again.  He had betrayed her once and she wouldn't give him the cha

Blog Book Tour Stop: Morgan Mandel

My guest today is Morgan Mandel. She is on a blog book tour for her latest novel Killer Career.

Lillie: Thank you for visiting A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye today, Morgan. Tell us about Killer Career.

Morgan: Changing jobs could be a killer when Julie McGuire latches onto her sexy psychotic mentor, despite the warnings of her best friend and law partner, Dade Donovan. To save herself and Dade, she must face her greatest fear: claustrophobia.

Lillie: I always like to know the story behind the st

Interview with Morgan Mandel Wednesday

Morgan Mandel is on a blog book tour for her latest novel Killer Career.

I'm excited to be hosting her on Wednesday, April 19. Here's a little about her and her book. Be sure to come back  Wednesday to learn more about Killer Career. Morgan will also be checking comments to answer your questions.

Morgan Mandel enjoys variety as an author.  She writes romances, mysteries, and even has a dog book in the works. Her latest release is the romantic suspense, Killer Career, published by Choice One Publis

Mission Impossible: Book Trailer for Dream or Destiny

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This post is an entry in Confident Writing's Mission Impossible group writing project. Joanna Young challenged us to post something on our blogs that we've never done before. I've wanted to create a book trailer for Dream or Destiny since the book was published last fall, but I've been hesitant to try. I don't know anything about multimedia except that whatever talent I have is in words, not images and sounds.

Joanna's challenge motivated me to create t

Thanks to July Commenters

Thank you to the 184 commenters who left 263 comments in July. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.

 
 

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Show and Tell

Fiction writers often hear show, don't tell.

But I advise my clients to show and tell.

What does it mean to show or tell? When should you show and when should you tell?

You show in an action scene, like in a movie:

An action scene takes place in real time.It takes place in a specific setting with specific characters.There is action—characters are talking or moving; something happens.Major action scenes involves conflict between two opposing forces; minor action scenes show character or give informat

What I Learned from The Plant World

I grew up on a farm so you would expect me to know something about plants. However, south Texas was experiencing the worst drought in history for much of my childhood. Though the drought we're in right now is more severe than the 1950s drought, the earlier one is considered the worst because it lasted so long—more than seven years.

My father turned to chicken farming after it became impossible to grow crops or provide feed and water to the cattle. He even gave up growing his beloved vegetable gar

Interview on NAIWE Podcast Today

National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE): Member of the Month Interview

I'll be featured as NAIWE Member of the Month on a TalkShoe podcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT today, Wednesday, 5 August 2009.

You can listen online or get more information at TalkShoe. If you miss the live podcast, you can listen to the recording at any time. You can also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

There is also a print interview on the NAIWE blog.

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WhoHub Interview

Do you like reading interviews of creative and entrepreneurial people? WhoHub has more 18,000 interviews online in a number of categories.

You can read individual interviews, including my interview, or you can read answers to specific questions from many different people.

You can even create your own interview—just register and choose the questions you want to answer.

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