* Dave March, founder of WaterCar, Inc., has been building cars & boats since 1976 when he opened his collision repair facility in Fountain Valley, California. Since then, he has repaired and re-built thousands of vehicles at his facility, Fountain Valley Body Works, which is now one of the largest and most highly respected...
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WaterCar – another work of art in transportation
Reviews
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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Sent to the editors
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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Another approach to getting published
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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Working through the distractions
I once heard about an author who wrote a 500-page bestseller in spare time after 11 PM when the kids were in bed, all in about three months.
...by 10, I’ll be back at the keyboard and I’ll finish up this scene, or this blog post. Wishful thinking.
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