...lly valid. As a cover designer, I had to learn to stand my ground about certain things, especially when I get an author who wants to take all the samples and turn the cover into a com...
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Excellent advice! I recently went to PDX Writers editing workshop and the facilitator brought up many of these examples, we even took out all the adverbs from samples of our work and very few-- if any went back in!
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Yes. The advice to subscribe to a journal or two has been annoying. I'm a poor starving writer, after all. So, I read the scant free samples online and thought I had a good sense of t...
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...levels. Good luck with your publication! And congratulations.
Lea, just to clarify, I'm not suggesting that editors give free samples. Our She Writes editors do paid samples, sometimes up to five hours....
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...so served as a judge, after my residency, and I can say with complete confidence that they are scrupulous and careful. In addition to the writing samples, they really want to know why...
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...es if they no longer desire the book(s). Given that you can search most book content online via the amazon feature and other forms of electronic samples, this seems fair. Customers...
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...—that readers would be more discerning—and that by pricing your book a little higher you're saying, yes, I'm worth it. Cool that you download the samples and read. Thanks for weighing...
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...attered to me was that one character's underwear was "racier" in style and brighter in color than the other's, so i picked out underwear from the samples provided, and we used them. T...
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...ease at the same time. Let me clarify my earlier comment about reading samples by saying that you probably w..."I never know until I read it." The other editors nodded.
So why read samples? So you'll get an idea of exa...
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...credentials; to have read a wonderful story by someone without any.
I'd add here that it's important to read the magazine. Usually you can find samples or a selection or two online;...
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