Why Can't I Proof What I Wrote?
If you've ever had to proofread anything that you've written, be sure that you hand the job over to someone else. Even that isn't foolproof (no pun intended). Get two people to do the job. With my first book, I actually thought I could read and pick up the typos, awkward sentences, printing mistakes. Ha! I missed multiple places that would have been obvious to anyone with any eyesight at all. But not to the person who wrote the words. You see what you meant to write, not actually what is on the page. If you don't follow any advice at all, follow this maxim. DON'T DO YOUR OWN PROOFREADING.[image error]
Published on August 14, 2012 12:59
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Marketing Is Harder Than Writing-
Once the book is done, now the hard work begins. Promoting, marketing, publicity, press release, signings, readings. All necessary, getting it started takes lots of time and energy. The problem in tod
Once the book is done, now the hard work begins. Promoting, marketing, publicity, press release, signings, readings. All necessary, getting it started takes lots of time and energy. The problem in today's world is, so much of it is on-line. No human contact. Emails, tweets, facebook, voice mails, where did the humans go. Of course when you get to meet your readers, it's all worth it.
But until you do, you're on hold a great deal of the time, waiting, holding, listening to a cover version of some 70's tune or classical music with a lot of static. Still holding, hearing a message " your call is important to us, we'll be with your as soon as we can." Really? After long waits, do you find yourself screaming at recorded messages or Muzak? My cats have long ago decided that I'm insane, yelling at website that's not user friendly or a recorded message. But in service of my book, I do it. Hoping I will meet a human along the way. ...more
But until you do, you're on hold a great deal of the time, waiting, holding, listening to a cover version of some 70's tune or classical music with a lot of static. Still holding, hearing a message " your call is important to us, we'll be with your as soon as we can." Really? After long waits, do you find yourself screaming at recorded messages or Muzak? My cats have long ago decided that I'm insane, yelling at website that's not user friendly or a recorded message. But in service of my book, I do it. Hoping I will meet a human along the way. ...more
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