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    The NEED to Edit – Part 3/6

    The other choice is to edit your own work with some help from friends as I did.

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    The NEED to Edit – Part 2/6

    If the avid reader is distracted by too many mistakes, do not expect this audience to be forgiving.

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    The NEED to Edit – Part 1/6

    Writing, revising and editing are part and parcel of an author’s work, especially if she doesn’t have a contract with a traditional publisher.

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    Watering the Backyard or Exercise – as if I have a choice

    From the street to the top of the backyard is equal to climbing a seven-and-a-half-story building that does not have an elevator or escalator.

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    Ten-Thousand Dreams

    By the end of 2008 (my first year as an indie author), My Splendid Concubine had sold 221 copies so I FAILED to reach my first goal by 279 books that no one bought.

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    Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: What happened in that theater outside Denver, Colorado on July 25, 2012 or, for example, the terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building in Downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, were acts of terrorism and/or combat no different from what happened on 9/11 or in America’s foreign wars such as…

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    Another Sky-is-Falling Guru

    Do pessimists get more attention in the traditional media and on the Internet than optimists?

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    Sheep to the Slaughter

    The usual response after a lone-wolf tragedy such as this one is a demand from anti-gun advocates for more restrictions on the sale of weapons such as hand guns and semi-automatic rifles. However, there may be a more logical way to deal with this sort of killing spree.

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    Originally posted on Popular Fiction and Film Reviews: It has long been debated whether a film adaptation of a really popular novel can ever truly live up to the reader’s expectations and equal its paperback’s sucess. I started thinking about this whilst in Waterstones purchasing the Help when the store assistant enthusiastically announced that the film version was almost as…

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    The Secrets to Getting More Book Reviews—even if your book is already out

    Bloggers get hundreds of books mailed to them by publishers on a monthly basis, while book review departments in newspapers have either shrunk or been removed entirely.