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Guest Post by Tami Nantz If you want to be taken seriously as a writer, it’s imperative you become what Jerry calls a ferocious self-editor. There’s no way around it. Little irritates an agent or a publisher’s acquisitions editor more than having their time wasted by a writer who doesn’t edit and revise his own […]

Writing a book can be an organizational nightmare. You find yourself scribbling ideas, scenes, research notes, you name it, on napkins, in notebooks, on sticky pads, or keyboarding stuff into files you can’t find later on your computer. What if you could keep ALL that stuff, even photos and graphs and charts, all in one […]

The wrong word choice or even a spelling mistake can turn off your reader. So I hope you’re rereading and editing everything you write.  A tool like Grammarly can help. (Note: this post contains affiliate links. If you click to purchase Grammarly, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you.) What is […]

When it comes to your writing, a publisher’s decision can happen quickly. Often, editors know within the first two minutes of reading whether your manuscript is worthy of pursuing, or not. That may sound harsh, even unfair. But after 40-plus years in writing and publishing, I know it’s true. That’s why I preach ferocious self-editing. […]