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Show, Don’t Tell

Kit Carstairs · September 4, 2018 · 6 Comments

Show, don't tell

If you've ever received an appraisal from The Manuscript Agency, in all likelihood we would've talked about ‘showing, not telling’ at some point in the report. It’s not because we like repeating ourselves, or regurgitating information to make our lives easier – it’s because … [Read more...] about Show, Don’t Tell

Filed Under: All About Editing, Guide To Writing, Self Publishing

Author interview with action/thriller writer Keith McArdle

Kit Carstairs · November 28, 2017 · 1 Comment

Author, Kieth McArdle

We took a moment to chat with Keith McArdle; author and sometime MAA client. We wanted to know a little more about his life as a writer; how he writes, what he writes and what drives him. He was kind enough to take the time to tell us all about it… Can you tell us a little bit … [Read more...] about Author interview with action/thriller writer Keith McArdle

Filed Under: Adventure fiction, All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Crime fiction, General Fiction, Getting Published, Military fiction, Self Publishing, Thriller fiction Tagged With: Author interview, Book marketing, editing, Keith McArdle, Military fiction, publishing, self-publishing, Suspense fiction, Writing

Editing Part 1 – What is editing?

Kit Carstairs · October 17, 2017 · 2 Comments

Editing is a job that is mostly misrepresented and overwhelmingly misunderstood. Behind most great works of literature is a dedicated editor. As an editor one of the most frustrating misconceptions about our role is that we simply fix spelling and punctuation errors. In fact, … [Read more...] about Editing Part 1 – What is editing?

Filed Under: All About Editing, Getting Published, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: appraisals, Books, copy editing, editing, editors, Grammar, literature, manuscript critique, manuscripts, novel writing, Publishing Houses, spelling and punctuation, structural editing, Writing

Children’s Publishing: Creative Kids’ Tales

Kit Carstairs · March 23, 2017 · 2 Comments

Georgie Donaghy, Creative Kids' Tales

Georgie Donaghey is the founder, editor and author of Creative Kids Tales; a one-stop shop for emerging children's authors and illustrators. It provides an opportunity to create or expand children's authors and illustrators online presence and start building a community of … [Read more...] about Children’s Publishing: Creative Kids’ Tales

Filed Under: Children's Publishing, Getting Published, Self Publishing Tagged With: authors, Books, CBCA, Children's authors, children's book publishing, Children's books, Children’s Book Council of Australia, Creative Kids Tales, emerging children's authors and illustrators, Georgie Donaghey, Writing, Writing for children

Writing a Cover Letter

Kit Carstairs · April 14, 2016 · 57 Comments

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Filed Under: All About Editing, Book Marketing, Getting Published, Self Publishing Tagged With: agents, authors, cover letters, editors, Publishers, publishing, synopsis, Writers, Writing

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