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Manuscript Makeover

Manuscript Makeover Mode

March 12, 2012 by Margaret Duarte

Manuscript Makeover Mode

I’m in the final manuscript makeover mode, which means my blog has been relegated to second status for awhile. Makeovers and blogs are hungry beasts and quite jealous and suspicious of each other. When they don’t get enough attention (and regular feeding), they go on strike. Immediately. No use in reasoning with them or begging for […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Readers, For Writers Tagged With: Dean Koontz, Manuscript Makeover, query package, rejection

Manuscript Makeover

August 6, 2010 by Margaret Duarte

Manuscript Makeover

No matter how advanced you are as a writer, it never hurts to take one last look at your manuscript before sending it off to an agent or editor.  And Manuscript Makeover, by Elizabeth Lyon, is just the book to help you do it. Lyon spent the last twenty years teaching writing and mentoring writers in classes, critique groups, […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Writers, Publishing and Marketing, Uncategorized Tagged With: Elizabeth Lyon, Manuscript Makeover, Riff-Writing, subtext

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