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Self-editing your manuscript
How do you get your manuscript from 1st draft stage to the point where it's ready to be handed over to an editor? Self-edit. Rewrite where necessary. Then self-edit some more. Editing your ...
When can you self-edit and when do you need an editor?
Self-editing is the task of editing your own document after you have written it. After self-editing, some types of documents also need to be edited and/or proofread by another person. When is self...
“Bright lights” – memoir-based poems and stories by S Reynolds
Shirley wrote and told these stories and poems that are all based on her love for all the beautiful animals and people in her life, childhood experiences growing up in New Zealand, and imagination ...
Self-publishing: the graphic design or typesetting stage
After your manuscript (MS) has been edited to the stage where there are no errors in the manuscript, it is ready to be designed. "Edited to the stage where there are no errors in the manuscrip...
Self-publishing: How to “tag” the images in your manuscript, prior to design
So, you've written and self-edited your manuscript (MS), as a Word document. You've made sure it is structurally sound. You believe it is ready to be handed to an editor for a "final copy edit", be...
How to write and edit an ATS-friendly resume
What is ATS? It's important nowadays to submit a resume that will be noticed by ATS. ATS is the acronym for 'Applicant Tracking Systems' which are some of the software programs used by hiri...
Comparing: “traditional publisher”, “self-publishing services”, “hybrid publisher”, “vanity publisher” & “indie publisher”
What's the difference between a "publisher", "self-publishing services provider", "hybrid publisher", "indie publisher", and "vanity publisher"? Firstly, the first four models - publishing, self...
“Worldwide recipes”, self-published by S Reynolds
This book was compiled by Shirley Reynolds, who asked friends and family to contribute their favourite tried-and-true recipes from their diverse families, backgrounds and countries, for this book. ...
Write about what eats you up, what smoulders in your heart
Are you the sort of writer who writes when you are bursting with emotion and/or spirit, and your feeling pours out through your writing and ends up being part of your own or your characters' story?...
Transforming oral histories into self-published life stories (memoir or autobiography)
Oral histories are stories told by one person to another and recorded and/or documented. They can be about the person’s whole life, just one experience or period of the person's life, or a theme ...