Resources, inspiration, and advice to help make your manuscript or publishing project the best it can be.
Some people set extremely high standards for themselves, which can be a good thing in certain areas. These people are successful; they accomplish a lot. But high standards can also make us so self-critical that it seems as though nothing we write, or could write, is ever good enough. So, we either put it off, or we do it over and over and over and never feel like we get it right.
Read MoreYour book is written and in print, hooray! Now you’re done, right? Not so fast. Before you’re off to the races with your marketing and distribution, you want to make sure you protect your work through copyright.
Read MoreWhen most people think of an “editor,” they generally think about someone who weeds out all the bad grammar, misspelled words, and typos from a manuscript. That is only partially true.
Read MoreHang tight, because this one can get a little convoluted (but it’s important!).
Participles of verbs usually introduce subordinate clauses, and are used as a way to give extra information about the main part of the sentence (or main clause—the “point”). The participle describes an action carried out by the subject of the main clause.
Read MoreGood spelling is not just intuitive or inborn. You can train yourself to spell well! Just remember simple grammar hacks like this and you’ll be head and shoulders above everyone else who’s still making the same old mistakes!
Read MoreOne mistake many writers make is to write and edit at the same time. Trust me, at that pace, you’ll never finish! I once heard the quote (and I thoroughly agree with it): “A first draft is simply you telling yourself the story.” Meaning, the first time around, you’re just getting it down on paper.
Read MoreOne of the most crucial steps in the book-writing process (potentially even THE most important step) is developing your book’s objective.
Read MoreIt was pretty much a dream come true to attend the London Book Fair in April for the launch of SophisTEAcation: An Anthology of Porcelain Teacup Collecting. When Laura Prinsloo of KeSaint Blanc Publishing in Jakarta, Indonesia asked me to develop the content for a unique coffee table book on the art and collecting of porcelain teacups, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Really? You're going to PAY me for this? (Don't tell Laura I would have likely done it for free.)
Read MoreIt was a joy and a privilege for me to serve as developmental editor with Jeff Kemp (Family Life Vice President and former NFL Quarterback) in the writing of his book, Facing the Blitz: Three Strategies for Turning Trials into Triumphs, released March 24th by Bethany House Publishers. It is available at your local bookstore, bethanyhouse.com or by calling 1-800-877-2665.
Read MoreFrank Coker offers the unique perspective of serving as both a faculty business professor at the University of Washington iSchool and CEO of Corelytics (a financial software company). Under his leadership, Corelytics has been recognized as a Top 25 Emerging Vendor and won Intuit’s Grand Prize App of the Year. In Pulse, "Professor Frank's" easygoing informative style makes easily understandable the important concepts that need to be mastered by business leaders and entrepreneurs who are not experts in financial analytics, and who want to build teams that have a clear picture of where they are headed.
Read MoreInspira is a boutique book development and design company. My aim is to support individuals and organizations who may not necessarily be writers by profession, but who have a message or a mission they want to get into print - such as a book, a course, or training materials. What I do, essentially, is provide them with an a la cart menu of every service necessary along the way to self-publication, from book idea to book-in-hand. If they want to submit their manuscript to a traditional publisher for potential publication, I can also assist with general manuscript preparation and book proposal writing.
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