Category Archives: Tools

There are plenty of resources out there for helping you mind your Ps and Qs as a writer. One of my favorites is Grammar Girl’s podcast. (http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/). A daily podcast that’s generally under 5 minutes, Grammar Girl will give you a grammar reminder (or maybe a new lesson!) every day. You can listen to it [...]

With the pace of information today, it can be tough to stay aware of everything going on in your field of interest. This poses risks for writers — after all, your readers expect you to be up to date. If you aren’t yet, you need to start using Google Alerts. A Google Alert is basically [...]

Like a successful advertisement, the nonfiction proposal should highlight your “product” in such as way as to leave a lasting impression on the reader.

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For those of you who love lists, here’s another list of ten common mistakes I see writers make when they come through The Writing Spa. Check and see if you make these mistakes too. And if you do, choose to make 2010 the year you change the way you write. 1 Starting the story too [...]

William Barrett, Professor of Philosophy, wrote back in 1979: “…our modes of communication and expression take place within the framework (of an increasingly complex technology) and are increasingly shaped by it … the task … in this situation becomes neither the meaningless rejection of technology nor the equally meaningless affirmation of technology, but to try [...]

1. You need to know Why You Want to be Published You must ask yourself and answer the question, “…why do you want to be published?” Some feel called to educate and inspire, while some want to “entertain” and tell a story, either fiction or non-fiction. And, the different callings and writer desires can combine [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Publishing Model for Authors: Bethany Press Launches BelieversPress to Give Author’s Faith a Voice Bloomington, MN – Authors face an enormous challenge; a one in thousands chance of getting their manuscript published by major Christian publishers. Until now, the industry has only offered authors royalty and self-publishing models. Rejected authors are [...]

Agent Kristin Nelson helps you interpret the letters you get from agents in response to your query/submission. Valuable advice on how to read between the lines! Form response: Don’t interpret anything. It could mean just about anything under the sun. Form response with personal comment Submission was interesting enough for the agent to make a [...]

CIP A Cataloging in Publication record (aka CIP data) is a bibliographic record prepared by the Library of Congress for a book that has not yet been published. When the book is published, the publisher includes the CIP data on the copyright page thereby facilitating book processing for libraries and book dealers. Publishers who have [...]