Author Talk: Formatting

Part 3 of my "tutorial" about publishing.  Theoretically at this point, you should have a "copyrighted" and "edited" work ready for formatting.  Now, I know what you are thinking.  You want to know about making a pretty cover.  Nope.  Right...

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Author Talk: Editing

Look, I'm actually following through on something.... In the last segment I spoke about where to start for information on Copyright.  In today's segment I'm going to stress the importance of editing.  If you are going to spend money this...

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Author Talk: US Copyright

At my last public event I was approached by a young author who had been struggling to figure out how to become published.  She told me that she had already tried contacting various people like lawyers, writing clubs, and...

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Plea

I understand you can’t make time for me. But could you just hear my plea? My heart is breaking you see I’m drowning in misery. Surely you would see–if you had time for me. Hope may float, but I don’t have long. Do you hear...

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The Other Side of Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick.  That name always brings to my mind one thing--- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?  I had to read the book Blade Runner  and compare it to the movie Blade Runner during one of my final college English...

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