It would be an obvious statement to say that no one cares about your work as much as you do. I sent three manuscripts to semi-friendly editors. Here are the results: One third of the editors responded. About half of that one third responded to my follow-up questions. For those who have not responded...
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I began the process of sending three manuscripts to personal editors. See this post: Another approach… for a brief description of our editors. My buddy Steve is my first choice to review the manuscripts, not because he’s an editor or writer. Mainly because he’s one of the smartest guys I know who will give...
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One of the long shots in this endeavor is that we've never been paid for our writing; not that we've never been published... Then we'll get the comments and reviews from the "editors". After a few more tweaks, we'll submit the manuscripts and see how they fly with agents. Besides, a good children's book...
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I contacted a local group here in our area via email. The man who runs the group returned my email. He seemed very nice, friendly and welcoming. At first I thought this was a good idea to have other potential authors read, edit and critique my work. Rejection from these people didn't worry me....
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Once upon a time, someone wrote a trilogy. Many believe it should have been left alone as a trilogy. But the author decided (or agreed) to write just one more book to kind of finish up the story and tie up all the loose ends.
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