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Endorsements I wanted to tell you how your workshops, reading your newsletter, and just chatting with you has been a great help to me. I have a background in marketing from the fashion world and even though it has helped me get my foot in the door, I honestly have to say that after getting to know you, reading your books, and everything else I just said has truly helped me put Stories for Children Magazine on the map. ~VS Grenier, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Stories for Children Magazine ~~~ The Frugal Editor is about more than manuscripts; it's about branding -- how you appear to the likes of agents, contest judges, etc. -- from your first query letter to the final manuscript. Wow-WomenOnWriting.com lets me share ideas from The Frugal Editor. ~Anonymous ~ "I am a writer, and definitely NOT an editor, but I believe that with this book as a guide, my books have great advantage over the other books that hit the shelves. After EDITING properly and then PROMOTING properly with the help of your book series, I truly believe that any book can increase their profits by 100%!!! By reading this as an author, I feel like my books are definitely better presented as a COMPLETE package!!! ~ Epstein LaRue, RN, BS, author of Highway Hypodermics: Travel Nursing 2007: Highway Hypodermics: Your Road Map To Travel Nursing The Frugal Editor Is Available as a Kindle Book:
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Put Your Best Book Forward from the First Edit to the Last Formatting The Frugal Editor is now available on Amazon as a paperback and as an e-book for Kindle users. The Frugal Editor: Top Ten in Its Category on Amazon During Presales! Thank you to authors who made that possible!
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Here to arrange for a signed copy directly from Carolyn. The Frugal Editor is now up on Amazon as a Kindle selection. It looks kind of lonely. No reviews at all. Does anyone out there have a Kindle? If so, I'd love it if you could post a review for me. And, because I haven't seen this book on a Kindle, I'd like to know how the formatting came out with all those nifty sidebars. They do have a free sample available with one click but only available for those with registered Kindles. I haven't popped for one yet. So, let's talk. Here's the URL. http://www.amazon.com/Editor%253a-Forward-Humiliation-Success-Frugally/dp/B0011EK6VC
Why You Need The Frugal Editor: Editing a Query Letter is Your First Marketing Offense!
Author Biography with an Editor Focus Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, This Is the Place, and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered are both award-winners. Her fiction, nonfiction and poems have appeared in national magazines, anthologies and review journals She is an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and has shared her writing and editing expertise at venues like the Las Vegas Writers' Conference, The Muse Online Writers' Conference (of which she is a cosponsor), and others. She is the founder (along with Elizabeth Evans, also an editor) and facilitator of the Chevy Chase Critique Group (associated with the Glendale Public Library system), She also consults and edits privately. Carolyn was awarded Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature; her home town's Character and Ethics Commission honored for her work on promoting tolerance and the Pasadena Weekly named her to their list of "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen" for literary activism. Carolyn has had writing/editing experience at the Salt Lake Tribune, Good Housekeeping Magazine, Red Engine Press and several online sites. She edits a the Sharing with Writers newsletter as well as several blogs including one that helps authors turn a dull book fair into a sizzling success Carolyn has also judged national newsletter contests including one for the American Business Women's Association. Carolyn is the author of The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success which is already receiving acclaim. Cheryl Wright of Writer2Writer.com says, "The Frugal Editor will become a well-used reference for writers around the world."
Carolyn has edited
books of poetry and fiction but is wise enough (through hard-earned
experience) not to try to edit her own books Formal education includes a BA in English Literature from the University of Southern California (USC), a certificate of completion for instructors at UCLA and courses at these universities in writing and editing: § University of Utah § Utah State University § UCLA § Herzen University, St. Petersburg, RU § Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic § Cambridge University, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK § Glendale Community College
Contents Page for the Frugal Editor In addition to the chapters and appendixes listed below the Frugal Editor includes many useful sidebars which are indexed in the book itself. Section II: The Handiwork of Publishing Section III: Let Your Computer Do What It Does Best
Section IV: Final Housecleaning Section V: The Big Galley Edit
Endorsement for Carolyn's newsletter, an extension of what authors need to know after the editing is done:
"Sharing
with Writers (http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/) is
a marvelous, information-packed newsletter that has helped
me tremendously in my writing career. Carolyn
Howard-Johnson packs each issue with helpful promotion tips
and links to various sites that keep me up-to-date on the
publishing world and how to best promote my books. She has
wonderful tips and information for aspiring authors as
well. Please consider her site and newsletters for your
award."~
Linda Morelli,
editor of
Linda's Place - A Site for Romance Readers and Writers
and award-winning author of
Fiery Surrender, Shadow of Doubt
and Lani's
Challenge.
She contributed to “The Complete Writer’s
Journal” from
Red Engine Press
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0970054459/?seller=A1GUQGYY8BY9CN Send an e-mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com ~~~~~ Carolyn Is a UCLA Extension Writers' Program Instructor Learn about her classes and others at http://www.uclaextension.edu/writers. You'll find all the educational needs you'll need for learning more about advancing your writing career. I'm proud of my instructor's page there, too. http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/instructors.php?recordID=121
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Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER as a thick, full-size e-book priced to accommodate the budgets of starving students and authors at Star Publish. Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER and THE FRUGAL EDITOR in trade paperback at Amazon. Purchase THIS IS THE PLACE, HARKENING and TRACINGS at Amazon. Purchase CHERISHED PULSE at the Compulsive Reader. Purchase and find all the audios for writers at Tri-Studio.
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Future Plans for How To Do It Frugally Series: The Frugal Amazon Promoter, The Frugal Retailer Promotes, The Frugal Author Builds an Agent-Friendly Package Books and Audios on Writing Carolyn has Written, Edited or Contributed to:
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