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Just Like Your Car, Your Writing Requires Tune-Ups

August 28, 2019 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Why You Shouldn't Tune Up Your Own Writing If you want your writing to be the best it can be, writing requires tune-ups (rewrites, drafts...). We'd all like to think we can proof our writing or Aunt Sally can because she "likes to read" or you wrote the document so you can edit your work. In ... Read More

Filed Under: #TuesdayTip, Uncategorized Tagged With: #TuesdayTip, author, authors, books, copyediting, editing, manuscript, proofreading, writer, writers

Your Manuscript Draft is Completed; What’s Next?

May 1, 2018 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

  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

Filed Under: Authors, Book, Coaching, Consulting, Editing, Marketing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: authors, copyediting, editing, Expert, Guest, Interview, manuscript, podcast, Proofing, Self-Editing, speakers, The Write Hour, writers

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How to Work With an Editor: The 4 Steps of Editing Your Book

April 9, 2018 by Peter Wietmarschen 9 Comments

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

Filed Under: Blog, Editing, Publishing, Uncategorized Tagged With: author, book, editing, editor, publishing, writer, writing

The Easiest Way to Start Your Book Today

June 22, 2016 by Peter Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Welcome back readers. Have you ever thought to yourself, "I want to write a book?" Or, maybe you've heard an increasingly large number of entrepreneurs are writing books and you want to jump on the train. Maybe you want to spread your story and expand your audience beyond your current clientele. ... Read More

Filed Under: Authors, Blog, Book, Business, Creative Writing, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: author, author's assistant, book, books, business, discover, editing, marketing, proofreading, publishing, simple, write, writing

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