Sentences with phrase «go about your manuscript»

How will you go about your manuscript submissions?

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To properly understand Ephesians 3:7 - 13, I highly recommend you go back and read the sermon manuscript on Ephesians 3:1 - 6, especially my opening comments about how my thinking has changed over the years about this important passage.

What I think is really important for me about the book is, I wrote it as if I were dying, and I finished the manuscript, and then they told me I had cancer and that it expanded further than they'd hoped and that it was more advanced than we would want, and I didn't know if it was going to be my last Christmas.

If you would go mad having to worry about whether a word has been hyphenated consistently all the way through a 40 - page manuscript, or if you struggle to put together a grammatical sentence, then the production end of publishing is probably not for you.

In the end, there were four scenes: A serf's house where the men discussed the tragedy while a mother nursed a dying child; an apothecary's store, where members of the medical profession debated cures for the plague; a church, where monks considered causes of the illness while they worked on illuminated manuscripts and where a priest was indifferent to a parishioner's pleas for help; and finally, a central market square where traveling Franciscan monks declared their beliefs about the plague, flagellants whipped themselves and blamed the Jews, and an old woman went crazy as she ranted about «the end of the world.»

It's true that just about every author has their own unique story about how they acquired their agent, but the Superstars Writing Seminar prepares you for what you need to do when you're ready to go to market with your finished manuscript.

If you're trying to find a book agent, you're also going to need a book synopsis or a short summary explaining what your manuscript is about.

There are some interesting thoughts there, especially about what should go into the evaluation of an author's input into the manuscript.

A year went by and I finally emailed them asking about my manuscript and when it would be published.

And then I started reading about authors that were doing it on their own and though it was scary for me because I thought I might be throwing away a possible career in traditional publishing if I went ahead and self - published myself, I just finally decided that I would take to a book five manuscripts I've already written and publish them, see how it went.»

You might ask editors, friends, and family who've read the manuscript to suggest keywords as well, or how they would go about searching for a book like the one you've written.

Agents are in the business of selling books, so a manuscript evaluation can give an indie author great feedback on what will make his book be more successful as he goes about selling it himself.

So here's one of the really cool bits about being an indie - author: I went back to the manuscript and rewrote Andie as a brunette.

You may happen to notice copy editing issues while doing a substantive edit (and vice versa), and it's fine to make notes about them when you see them, but be sure go through the entire manuscript, from start to finish, in each mode.

Speaking about the rejection of her manuscript before going with Vagabondage, Watts points out the casual complaints she received from OTHER publishers about the unfortunate number of genres that exist simultaneously in her story.

So learn about the easiest and most efficient ways to promote yourself and your new book, and don't rest on your laurels thinking that once your manuscript is selected for publication, everything is signed, sealed, and delivered on that book, and all you have to do is go about writing the next one.

During the book editing stage, your editor is going to have a lot to say about the book's content, and you'll work together to arrive at an agreed - upon final manuscript.

Don't let it go entirely to your head, but be proud of your achievement, proud of your book, and happy about the fact that you have a manuscript to pitch.

I knew nothing about what constitutes a typical word count, so I put a 150,000 word manuscript to e-reader, not realizing that the publisher taking it to print was going to have to break it up into almost a complete trilogy.

Use the tabs above the book image to read all the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

Thinking about the following questions before you submit your manuscript is a good idea, and you can always revise your answers as you go about the book marketing process and learn more about your audience.

Use the tabs above the book image to read all of the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

When you hire an editor, be sure to consider how they go about breaking down your manuscript and make sure you're comfortable with their style.

Because of that, they don't worry as much about turning in a publication ready manuscript as they would if they were going the indie route.

Can a book go from raw manuscript to print book in hand in about a month?

Read more about the book production department, how a manuscript goes from production through to finished print book or ebook.

Or you can get two different proofers to go through your manuscript for.0078 (about $ 1.90 - $ 2.50 per page).

Many of these editors aren't looking to dissuade a writer from publishing a manuscript and so, given that they get paid to edit, aren't necessarily going to be as upfront about a manuscript's shortcomings — not if it means putting themselves out of business.

If you are serious about having your manuscript published, one of the best ways to go about it is by getting the services of a literary agent.

Next time, I'm going to talk about how to prepare your manuscript for conversion — whether by you or by someone else.

If you can not afford an editor, be sure to carefully read a book about self - editing, print your manuscript out and go over it with a fine tooth comb.

We all love to go into excited depth about our story... but in reality, if you're very brief and sharp about it, the agent or publisher may be compelled to request the manuscript and isn't that what we're going for?

If anything, it's worth the look just to show how much work and iterations go into every basic element of a book — it's no longer just about managing to write and complete a manuscript.

Considering my starting point was complete ignorance about the process, I don't think six hours is all that bad, and I'm confident that with the «style» guide I assembled as I went along that I could repeat the process on a new novel - length manuscript in 30 - 60 minutes.

This author, who was a New York Times best seller, talked with a group of us about how they never sent anything to their publisher without first having their own editor go over the manuscript.

Beyond that, as I alluded to in the opening, there's sort of been a new expectation / conventional wisdom creeping up that the key to being a Good Hardworking Promoting Author is to blow out your blog, your Facebook page, your website, your Twitter feed, your Goodreads network, and better yet, all of the above and by the way you need to set up your own author tour and try to get some media appearances going we'd love it if you placed some articles and stories and where's your book trailer oh also don't quit your day job and don't forget about your manuscript deadline and make sure the next book is incredible and amazing and could you spend some time with your family please?

I'm going to write a blog about the manuscript retreats as I've been getting a few questions about them.

And if you do go for a contract with a publisher, they will take over the design and production of your book, so don't worry about the format of your manuscript.

Use the tabs above the book image to read all the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, pick a freelance editor if you want your work polished beforehand with our new PREP CRITIQUE, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

When I complete a developmental edit, I like to go into the manuscript blind, without a lot of background from the author about what to expect.

As indie self - published writers, we get a bad rap about this issue, but every single indie author that I know goes to great length and expense to have their manuscripts not only edited but proofread (and usually several proofreading passes) and yet a reader will find errors / typos in our published books.

I was going to write a post about Ginger, a software program that helps writers find errors in their manuscripts.

I knew I wouldn't have a prayer of selling my finished manuscript to another publisher in time to get it out for the flood's 50th anniversary, which was an important publicity hook for the launch, and I wasn't about to let the three years I'd spent researching and writing it go down the drain.