by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 27, 2018 | Writing
In my readings, I’ve noticed many unnecessary occurrences of the word some. I have to ferret out that sneaky word from my drafts. But I don’t delete all of them. Sometimes some is the correct word. Where the word some works. Example > “Did you read all of the...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 20, 2018 | Marketing Books, Writing
One of the best things I do for under $20 is buy Kindle gift e-books for my titles when they’re on sale for 99¢. I have them sent to my email address, then, as I need them, I forward them to readers. The readers click on the gift link and download the book....
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 13, 2018 | Marketing Books, Writing
For The Putting Green Whisperer releasing tomorrow, I had a stack of interviews for which I answered bloggers’ questions. At first, I liked the common questions, but was ashamed at the reason. I could copy those answers from other interviews and get the interview job...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 6, 2018 | Writing
I’m not talking about formatting. I’m talking about making your manuscript a pleasure for your editor to work on. There’s benefits for you too. Benefits of Clean-as-Possible Manuscripts Cleaning up grammar and smaller problems, allows your editor to concentrate on...