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In a marketplace where your manuscript faces heavy competition, it needs a second eye to ensure success. To help you achieve your goals, I provide a variety of editing services, including proofreading, copy editing, substantive editing, and developmental editing. My professional services are among the most writer-friendly you’ll find – and I’ll polish your manuscript until it shines bright!Continue reading “Professional Editing Services”

One way to draw attention to your book is by writing an article related to it, then getting it published. Fortunately, you don’t have to play the freelancer game to get the article published as you can post it for free at online article directories, such as Ezine Articles. The challenge then is to come upContinue reading “Draw Attention to Book Via Article Directories”

Authors who self-publish generally don’t need an Employer Identification Number (EIN). Should you ghostwrite books or freelance, however, you probably will need one. That’s because anyone who pays you more than $600 annually to a client needs to file a 1099 form with the Internal Revenue Service. As part of that form, the client will needContinue reading “Self-Published Authors Usually Don’t Need EIN”

Ever have an image in your head that would be great for your story, but you just can’t think of the right words to use so it gets on paper? You’re not alone. Many writers frequently face this problem. During my years of editing authors’ short stories and novels, many have shared with me how theyContinue reading “Get ideas from your head onto paper”

One of the kindest things writers can do for their readers is employ local dexterity. This occurs when images, sentences, paragraphs and scenes are pleasurable to read because of their vividness. Consider this passage from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” just as Gatsby is about to die: Perhaps he didn’t believe it would come, andContinue reading “Treat readers to vivid passages in your story”

Whenever trying to resolve a problem, a main character has to decide how to do so. Along the way, he may have to weigh the pros and cons of each possible solution. Writers go through this weighing process as trying to decide which decisions are the most believable and yields the greatest dramatic payoff. Sometimes noviceContinue reading “Delete Bogus Alternatives from Your Story”

Sometimes self-publishing authors are advised that they need to purchase a Standard Address Number (SAN) for their book released in the United States. Be wary of such advice, especially if it comes from a salesperson. A SAN is a seven-digit identifier used to identify an address, usually for a publisher or an associated company, such asContinue reading “No Need to Purchase SAN for Self-Published Book”

A great way to promote your book by reducing your workload is letting others guest blog on your site. Hosting a guest blogger offers a couple of benefits to your site. Most obviously, it frees you from having to come up with another blog entry. More importantly, though, it exposes others to your blog and website, as theContinue reading “Promote your book by hosting guest bloggers”