by lshawker@gmail.com | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog
To What Extent Are You Willing To Make the Good But Painful Choices on Your Manuscript? “So, Mom, what do you think???” Before sending my finished manuscript to the copyeditor, I asked my mother to read it first. She was the target audience of my first solo-authored...
by lshawker@gmail.com | Dec 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
TIME TO CUT TO THE CHASE You’re putting the finishing touches on your manuscript. Spell check gives you a gold star. Microsoft Word’s grammar checker doesn’t flag any problems. But is your manuscript any good? Every book I write, my goal is for the copyeditor to...
by lshawker@gmail.com | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
This is the fifth installment in our series “Seven Essential Strategies to Finish Your Manuscript in 2020.” Essential Key #1: Remove Your Distractions Essential Key #2: Practice Self-Discipline Essential Key #3: Follow Your Body Rhythms Essential Key #4: My Favorite...
by lshawker@gmail.com | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog
Very rarely can a person sit down and compose an exquisite manuscript in complete isolation. An artist needs tools, and you need them, too. This is the fourth installment in our series, “Seven Essential Strategies to Finish Your Manuscript in 2020.” Here are the...
by lshawker@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog
You know what drives me crazy about this thing we call writing? Sometimes I can write like the wind. The ideas are flowing, multiple words effortlessly appearing before my eyes, and I can hardly keep up. Other times, I can barely eke out my name. After four hours of...
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