Posted in authors, books, Fiction, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, reading, romance, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged bad grammar, books, editing, editors, errors in books, good advice, language, manuscript, mistakes, novel writing, novels, proper English, proper sentences, self-editing, self-publishing, sentences, writers, writing on April 11, 2022| 4 Comments »
In the past, I’ve stressed the importance of having a manuscript professionally edited before publishing it. In my opinion, that is the single-most important thing an author can do (and spend money on). Many a good story has been ruined because it was poorly edited. It doesn’t matter how well you can self-edit, you should never skip this step.
Posted in authors, blooms, Family, Fiction, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, names, reading, short story, weird, words, writers, writing, tagged articles, catchy headlines, creativity, editing, editing mistakes, editors, headlines, mistakes, news, news story, newspapers, play on words, random on June 28, 2021| 11 Comments »
Have you ever read a headline and thought: “I really need to read this article?” Or have you read a headline and said to yourself: “Self, it’d be a waste of time to read any farther?” Headlines can make or break a story. Like back cover blurbs on a book, a headline has to grab attention and elicit feelings of wanting to know more.
(more…)Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, drinks, Family, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, Vicksburg, weird, writers, writing, tagged B & B, B & B's, breakfast, disappear, disrespectful, friends, Home, hotel, hotels, house, houses, inns, management, microwave, mistake, mistakes, motel, motels, not friends, questions, take advantage on December 16, 2019| 21 Comments »
Many of you have told me that you like my posts about my odd inn guests. If that’s you, you’re welcome because today I’ve got another one. The people who stay here are certainly entertaining at times. There is never a dull moment when you deal with the public. Especially when said “public” often have a warped understanding about what exactly a B & B is.
Posted in anthology, authors, Family, Fiction, friends, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, romance, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged authors, CJ Box, editing, errors, fiction, Greg Iles, Joe Pickett, Joe Pickett series, Kate Burkholder, Kate Burkholder series, Linda Castillo, mistakes, mistakes in books, novels, Penn Cage series, reading, typos on August 14, 2017| 10 Comments »
Like most writers, I am a voracious reader and have been most of my life. While I do tend to gravitate toward certain genres, I usually enjoy reading anything well written. And, like most readers, I have favorite authors. (more…)
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