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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Mistake No. 30: “Dear Editor…”
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Monday, 11 October 2010. Mistake No. 30: “Dear Editor…”. Not addressing an editorial contact by name when you write to them with an idea, proposal or article – an easily avoidable mistake. Each of these sets my teeth on edge:. To Whom it May Concern…. Would you not bin or delete it pretty sharpish? Check the...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Books, courses and equipment
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Books, courses and equipment. Links to recommended writing-related books, magazines, distance-learning writing courses, and other essential equipment for non-fiction writers. You need a good dictionary. You need a decent thesaurus. You need a few of the following. Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2017. I can o...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Writing Every Day (Mistake #3)
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Tuesday, 9 March 2010. Writing Every Day (Mistake #3). On his website, one of which was: “Write every day. Regaining momentum takes three times as much energy as sustaining momentum.”. If, after several days’ hard graft, squinting at the flickering PC screen, hammering your keyboard with now bruised fi...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Mistake No. 93: The Finite Well
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Sunday, 21 June 2015. Mistake No. 93: The Finite Well. You can't use up creativity," said Maya Angelou. "The more you use, the more you have.". I imagine Angelou was thinking about fiction when she made this remark, but it applies to non-fiction and magazine writing too. Quite a few new writers appear nervou...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Mistake No. 44: Do you want hyphens with that, sir?
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Sunday, 20 March 2011. Mistake No. 44: Do you want hyphens with that, sir? Post on Random capitals Is stewing, by the Way.). 8216;Sharing your phone call with the carriage guilt? 8217; this individual enquires of me. I can’t say I have ever had experience of carriage guilt, Rustic farmer Ben, but I can...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Copyright and legal issues
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. The answer is not to sell it. An analogy the NUJ. 8220;The contributor agrees that [publishing company] will have exclusive use of the material such that the contributor will not allow further publication of the material for a period of 64 days following publication [publishing company]”. Syndication is the ...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Mistake No. 90: Pussyfooting
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Sunday, 8 March 2015. Mistake No. 90: Pussyfooting. Be a bit cool when you pitch. Be a bit chilled. Imagine (imagine only) you've had half a glass of wine and you have a smile on your face and that it matters - but doesn't matter that. Part of the editor's lot is to be troubled and interrupted and busy - the...
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right): Writing Non-fiction Books
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Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Put Them Right). Non-fiction resource for new writers. Market news, competitions, articles, links - and mistakes. UK / Ireland markets. Books, courses and equipment. Writing a non-fiction book is a huge job, and this series of three articles breaks down the process from coming up with the idea and proposing / selling the book (part 1), through to writing the book (part 2) and promoting the finished book (part 3). NON-FICTION AUTHORSHIP: PART I. Then let’s begin. If the a...
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Join Martin: June 2008
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One Man. One Year. One Challenge. This is the Blogger.com version of the very popular blog: www.joinmartin.wordpress.com. Journalist, Martin Drury, has just 1 year to learn as many languages as possible. Follow his progress here. Monday, June 30, 2008. Irish Chat Up Lines. Irish chat up lines:. Short video from Youtube showing you how to chat people up in Irish. Italian Survival phrase 1. Italian Survival Phrase 1:. English: I need something for a stomach ache. And Colin Jones's Cadw Swn. Pleased to meet...
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Got the “gluten-free Latimers” coming at Christmas? Tesco to the rescue…. | Oh no, not another Gluten Dodger!
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Oh no, not another Gluten Dodger! Tales from the gluten free trenches. Got the “gluten-free Latimers” coming at Christmas? Tesco to the rescue…. Well, this year Tesco advertised their Christmas range of gluten free products on TV for the first time ever. I’ll give them some marks for trying, but having the “gluten free Latimers” round sounds about as much fun as having Gwyneth Paltrow at your Christmas party table. Good job Tesco has such a lot of gluten free food eh? Wink wink, nudge nudge. It was aimed...
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