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 thought of the Roadies at concerts we've attended. Now those guys are Organized with a capital "O". I watched them recently as they switched equipment between bands; every person had tasks and every person performed their tasks accurately and deliberately. Each person stayed out of the way of the others. Change time between...
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Okay, time to pull my head out. I must have read this small excerpt half a dozen times before it caught my eye. I’m sure an editor or agent would have read that, rolled his or her eyes and put the manuscript back into the S.A.S.E.
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