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The News -
Publishing
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Written by Yvonne Perry
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 Writing a book is the easy part. The hard part begins when you attempt to publish the book. I’ll share the five options I found as I considered publishing my book, MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: True Stories about Death, Dying and Afterlife. I’ll also tell you about a new trend-setting publisher that is changing the way books get to market. |
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The News -
Editing
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Written by Anne Glover
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 All copy editors strive to be perfect. Right? Well, everyone's human. To be the perfect copy editor, take note of the following "deadly sins"as enumerated by veteran copy editor, desk supervisor and newsroommanager Anne Glover. Avoid them and you'll be a shining star on thedesk. 1. Arrogance.
This could also bedescribed as selfishness: Your layout, your efforts to be clever inyour headline at the expense of clarity, the choices you make aboutusing space in your section say to the reader, "I don't care about you.This was more convenient for me to do." I see many variations on this: grouped cutlinesthat make it unclear which photos they accompany, type that the readercan't read, photos played too small, a story that's hard to followbecause of the layout, art heads that don't say anything. |
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The News -
Book Marketing
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Written by William Cane
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 John has always wanted to be a writer. Ever since he was a young boy, he’s been telling stories. In school he excelled in his writing classes. In fact, his friends were often amazed at how quickly and effortlessly he WROTE term papers. Now that he’s been out of college for a few years, he’s ready to graduate to bigger and better writing assignments. This next one is actually an assignment he gave himself, almost as a challenge he wanted to face: He wants to write a book. |
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The News -
Writing
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Written by Al Borowski
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 Writing a business proposal may be wasting your time. This article examines the top 10 mistakes people make when
they assume they are writing a proposal. A proposal is not: A PRICE QUOTE Sending a client a price quote as a response to a written or
spoken request is not proposal writing. Prices don't sell;
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