October, 2007
Sharing with Writers
A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs!

From the Desks of
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
And Authors' Coalition Friends
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"Sharing with Writers" is the official newsletter of Authors' Coalition,

http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com

an organization of writers who help writers.

To read this letter in plain vanilla text, scroll down. To read this newsletter with a bit more pizzazz (not much, though!) at Authors Den go to:

http://www.AuthorsDen.com/adstorage/1713/Sharingwithwriters_SpecialFrugalEditorEdition_2007.doc

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Note from Carolyn:

Dear Authors' Coalition Members and SWW Subscribers;

This isn't really an ad for the Frugal Editor.
It's better.
It's a quiz.
As a quiz it's an example of a way you might promote your book and a way for you to ascertain that you definitely ( - : NEED the Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.
I promise that you will learn much from the Frugal Editor— about editing, about making your word program spell checker work for you, about agents peeves, about formatting, about avoiding editing scams and a whole lot more.
And I promise you will get no other issue of Sharing with Writers dedicated solely to my book (though to assuage my conscience it also has that nifty aspect of being an example of using quizzes in your handouts, fliers, etc.).
So here it is!

Happy, happy writing and promoting and, yes, EDITING, too.
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
HoJoNews@aol.com
Websites: http://carolynhoward - johnson.com and www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepess.com
or Amazon - direct for The Frugal Editor: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/
Blogs: A blog focused on book fairs at
http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson and another blog that is about writing and reading at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com and
www.thenewbookreview.blogspot.com
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Check Your Sell - Your - Book Expertise with Carolyn's Quiz


Every writer should know the answer to these or know how to find out :


1. What is the rule posted by most agents and publishers I can break in order to sell my book faster?
2. How can a style sheet help me edit my book or work better with my editor?
3. Why do I need to know about indexing?
4. How can I corral Word's Spell Checker to help rather than hinder my editing process?
5. Why is editing important to getting a publisher or an agent when my publisher's editor will help me with that anyway?
6. Why should I rarely send out a cover letter rather than a query letter?
7. Why should I avoid using italics for internal dialogue? How do you avoid using them for internal dialogue?
8. What perfectly natural and grammar - perfect thing should I avoid telling an agent?
9. How can I turn adverbs that slow my narrative into metaphors?
10. How can I purge my copy of passive constructions using a computer?
11. How can code words in my document help avoid humiliation?
12. How do I avoid superfluous quotation marks that annoy agents and editors?


If you don't know the answers to most every one of these 12 questions without peeking you are sure to benefit from the newly released

The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
available now on Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/

It's already rocketed to Amazon's Top Ten List in its category!

It should be sitting on your shelf right next to the award - winning* first in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers,
The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't
by UCLA Extension Writers' Program Instructor Carolyn Howard - Johnson

*Winner of USA Book News Best Professional Book 2004
*Winner of Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award


PS. If I haven't convinced you, here's more!

The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
Pages 169. Available on October 1, 2007, from Biblio, Ingram. See publication slip below.

There are gremlins out there determined to keep your work from being published, your book from being promoted. They —resolved to embarrass you before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for you —lurk in your subconscious and the depths of your computer programs. Whether you are a new or experienced author, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success will help you present whistle - clean copy (whether it's a one - page cover letter or your entire manuscript) to those who have the power to say "Yea" or "Nay."

Dozens of endorsements from the likes of Marilyn Ross, Peter Bowerman, Writers' Conference Directors and more available in the media room at www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
where you'll find downloadable media kits in easy .pdf format.

PS: Here are the details to order The Frugal Editor if it is not yet in your nearest bookstore:

Title: The Frugal Editor
Subtitle: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
Author: Carolyn Howard - Johnson
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Details: Second in the How To Do It Frugally Series of books for authors (www.howtodoitfrugally.com) . First is the award - winning The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't (Star Publish)
Publisher: Red Engine Press, Key West, Florida (www.redenginepress.com)
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780978515874
Pages: 169
Retail: $18.95
Distributor: Biblio
Wholesaler: Ingram
Media Kits: Available in the media room at www.howtodoitfrugally.com.
CIP: PN162.H67 2007
808'.027 - - dc22
2007015190
Contacts
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Author: HoJoNews@aol.com