by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 2, 2018 | Writing
My guest today is Linda Rondeau. To learn more about Linda and her book, Hosea’s Heart, be sure to read her bio and book blurb after her post. Linda: Trying to weed out all those typos, punctuation errors, and formatting foibles can drive a...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 26, 2018 | Marketing Books, Writing
Have the following statements rung in your ears? “You must have a website, faithfully write blog posts, and be chummy on social media. You should acquire guest-blog invitations, hold launch and Facebook parties, and schedule bookstore signings. Sign up for...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 19, 2018 | Writing
Prepare, Escape, Progress I didn’t believe it would work, but it did. Prepare It was hellish. I’d be gone twelve days on vacation. Blog posts still needed to be written and published. I had endorsements to garner for my nonfiction book on writing. Another...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 12, 2018 | Writing
My guest today is editor and author Denise Loock. Denise shares with us what a writer should never say to an editor. At the end of her post, you’ll find more information about her editing services and devotional books. Denise: Hiring an editor is...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 28, 2018 | Writing
The little word just often gets a bad rap. Writers are warned to get rid of it. Like any overused word, writers need to manage the frequency of just in manuscripts. It tends to get used frequently. Let’s take a closer look at the uses of just. Definitions of Just (The...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 21, 2018 | Marketing Books, Writing
Authors, where will you spend your time and resources to reach readers? The chart below shows the results from my survey, How Do Readers Find Books They Want to Read? The analysis below gives you methods represented by the bars and the percent of forty-three...