Connecting and Communicating With Your Audience, Part 3 Having a CLEAR message for your audience is necessary so they understand the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY. Editing is the process by which you make sure you are CLEAR on these 5 Ws. An editor is one of the most important professionals you ... Read More
Your Manuscript Draft is Completed; What’s Next?
From Manuscript Draft to Published Book! It was fun being a guest expert on "The Write Hour Podcast" talking with Joyce Glass about the important steps to consider once your manuscript is written. There's a lot of steps in order to turn it into a professionally published book! Joyce and I ... Read More
How to Work With an Editor: The 4 Steps of Editing Your Book
Yay! You’ve finally finished writing your book! Time to send it off to the designer and start selling on Amazon, right? Wrong! I don’t think we can stress this enough, but editing your book is the most important part of publishing. Let me repeat, editing your book is the most important part of ... Read More
Try These Writing and Editing Processes… Your Time Is Money
In the long run, separating the writing and editing process, setting a timer just to write, and avoiding distractions can end up saving you time and money. We’re all busy and try to multitask everything we do, but sometimes it just doesn’t pay to try to combine doing everything at one ... Read More
Ten Reasons to Hire a Professional Author’s Assistant
Ten Ways a Professional Author's Assistant Goes Beyond The Words Many of you might be wondering what a Professional Author's Assistant (PAA) does. In short, a PAA is someone who helps authors complete their books. From the manuscript to the publishing to the marketing, a PAA guides an author through ... Read More
2015’s Top Blog Posts
Hey there readers! As the year comes to a close we take the time to review what this year has given to us. Starting our new adventure this year we decided our review would be a quick and helpful recap of our top five blog posts. If this is your first read we hope you enjoy these next few articles ... Read More
Five Approaches to Editing; Keep it Fun!
When it comes to editing and proofreading, there are many factors to consider. When writing, the main goal is to make sure the message is communicated clearly and effectively. The purpose of the writing project should be known from the very beginning. But what happens when poor grammar and minor ... Read More
The Four Top Reasons Authors Need a Professional Virtual Author’s Assistant
[Part of this information taken from the Virtual Author's Assistant Program.] Yes, most of us would like to think we are superhuman when, in reality, deep down we know we aren't! Shocking, I know... Authors can't do it alone: Your focus is WRITING Our focus is organizing the ... Read More