Q: Can you tell me if reviewers ever judge based on editing/style? So many authors/editors do things differently that I guess they just look for consistency. What I was not sure about was use (or overuse) of commas. Can you tell me if commas should be in these sentences? “That’s what I thought,” Mark said [...]
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Book Reviews and Editing
Posted: January 18, 2011 by selfpublishingadvice in Book Doctor, Book Reviews, Editing Your Self-Published BookTags: book review, Editing Your Self-Published Book, Self-Publishing
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Book Editing & Point of View
Posted: January 10, 2011 by selfpublishingadvice in Book Doctor, Editing Your Self-Published BookTags: book doctor, Self-Publishing
Q: Can you tell me if editors (and even reviewers) specifically check or look out for consistency of viewpoint in a novel? I have been reading about being consistent with time and with how close you focus with one or many characters, and it seems a little confusing. Is this something I should take a [...]
Self-publishing Advice Guest Post: Ask the Book Doctor
Posted: January 5, 2011 by selfpublishingadvice in Book Doctor, Self-Publishing, UncategorizedTags: book doctor, page count, Self-Publishing
If you have only 40,000 words, but they are tight and great and nothing more could enhance the story, stop writing!
Self-publishing Advice Guest Post: Ask the Book Doctor
Posted: December 29, 2010 by selfpublishingadvice in Book Doctor, Self-PublishingTags: book doctor, how-to book, memoir, Self-Publishing
Well-written memoirs include vignettes or scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends and include action, dialogue, narrative, settings, and other elements of fiction to make readers feel as though they are watching the story unfold.
Self-publishing Guest Post: Ask the Book Doctor
Posted: December 22, 2010 by selfpublishingadvice in Book DoctorTags: book doctor, Copyright, Self-Publishing
Q: When I send my manuscript to readers or agents, should I put the copyright c in a circle on the title page, on every page, or anywhere at all? Should a date be there also? A: I tend to trust people and therefore do not put a copyright mark on my manuscripts, because the [...]
