Got Oxford comma? Style is in the eye of the beholder. Just when I thought I had a firm grasp of spelling and punctuation, I started working with a London-based magazine that called into question all that I knew to be right and true. As an American writer, I like my closing quotation marks outside [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baby grand’
Writing Tip #81
Posted in Grammar, Writing Tips, tagged baby grand, Copy editing, Dash, London, Oxford, Quotation mark, Style guide, United States on April 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Writing Tip #80
Posted in Revision Process, Writing Tips, tagged Arts, baby grand, Copy editing, Editors, Self-publishing on April 22, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Hire a professional copy editor. Some people are surprised when I tell them that I had the manuscript for Baby Grand professionally copy edited. “But aren’t you an editor?” they ask. “Yep,” I say. “And as an editor I know the importance of a good copy edit.” Copy editing, or line editing, is going through [...]
Cover Reveal: BABY GRAND by Dina Santorelli
Posted in Amazon, eBooks, Publishing Process, tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, baby grand, debut novel, E-book, ebook, publish, Self-publishing on April 19, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Today, I am THRILLED to reveal the cover for my debut novel, Baby Grand, which will be published as an eBook on Amazon next month. What do you think?
Breaking News: ‘Baby Grand’ to be Released as eBook
Posted in eBooks, tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, baby grand, Business, debut novel, E-book, ebook, Judy Linden, KDP Select, Literary agent, print on demand, publish, Self-publishing, Stonesong on March 22, 2012 | 18 Comments »
Well, it’s official. My debut novel Baby Grand will be released as an eBook through Amazon’s KDP Select program. Final draft and cover should be ready for upload by mid-April with publication in late April/first week of May. I’ll keep you posted on the details. And I’m happy to announce that throughout the publishing process [...]
Writing Tip #74
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tips, tagged Arts, baby grand, Exclamation mark, Facebook, Writers Resources, writing on March 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Use exclamation points effectively. I’m a fan of the exclamation point. I use them all the time in Facebook posts or text messages when I want to note my exuberance about something, which is quite often. But posts and texts are quick and solitary bursts of information: Finished my taxes! Yippee! It’s GAWGEOUS outside! When [...]
Writing Tip #73
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged baby grand, Catching Fire, Entourage, HBO, Hunger Games, Mockingjay, Paris, Sloan, writing endings on March 4, 2012 | 4 Comments »
A word about endings. I have a problem with endings, generally. I was reminded of this a few minutes ago while chatting with a friend of mine on the telephone, and we were talking about the series finale to HBO’s Entourage, which I wasn’t too fond of: Ari quitting his job to reunite with his [...]
Writing Tip #69
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Arts, baby grand, Business, Communications, publish, Writers Resources, writing, Writing & Editing on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Go with your gut. Before writing this tip, I scanned all the others, thinking I MUST have covered this long ago (I haven’t), how important it is to listen to that little voice inside that’s telling you which way to go and what to do when faced with a tough decision. Something happened this week [...]
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