Helps for Writers

From Rough to Ready,

An Editor’s Tips for Writers, 2nd Edition

by Pat McDonough

From Rough to Ready
ISBN 9780965346764
#Bk-FR2R
Retail $10.00
Binding: Comb
8.5 x 11 inches

From Rough to Ready, an Editor’s Tips for Writers, 2nd Edition by Pat McDonough gives tips for manuscript style, grammar, and formatting. It’s a must-have for the serious writer. Even published authors will find worthwhile information in From Rough to Ready.
From Rough to Ready is an assortment of hints, rules, style points and recommendations based on what copyeditor Pat McDonough most frequently needs to point out to new writers who wish to become published authors. It was also based on training she received as a copyeditor when preparing book-length manuscripts. Pat has been a copyeditor with McDONOUGH CONSULTING since 1986.

What others are saying about From Rough To Ready:

What a delightful departure from dry, boring guidelines of writing! Full of facts, examples, and humor to boot! “From Rough to Ready, an Editor’s Tips for Writers, 2nd edition” is engaging and resourceful. A must have for those serious about their“masterpiece” getting into print by an established publishing house.

Pat McDonough has done it again!

Marie E. Roman, Poet and Educator

Really good information in this book “From Rough to Ready.” I will study and use it as a reference to help me finish the novel.

Kati Reid

I finished your recent publication, “From Rough to Ready, an Editor’s Tips for Writers,” and wanted to tell you what a great addition this is to my stash of writing aids. I wish I would have had it years ago. The tips are concise while comprehensive and even the most seasoned writer will learn from it.

Holly Fox Vellekoop, Author,
How to Help when Parents Grieve and Stone Haven: Murder Along the River

I love the book. Practical and extremely helpful. I continue working on the manuscript. Looking forward to completion. So many of the suggestions in the book are helping.

Annetta Sutton

From Memories to Memoir Using the Jump Start Method

by Linda Jump

From Memories to Memoir Using the Jump Start Method
ISBN 9780982964743
#Bk-FM2M
Retail $10.00
Binding: Comb
8.5 x 11 inches

Imagine how proud you will feel when you present your family with a professional quality memoir to cherish! From Memories to Memoir Using the Jump Start Method takes you step by step to capture memories, write with clarity, and tell a good story to complete a treasured memoir.

What others are saying about From Memories to Memoir Using the Jump Start Method:

We all have stories to share of unique experiences and wisom gained, stories to shock, inspire and guide the next generation. With From Memories to Memoir using the Jump Start Method by Linda Jump, readers learn to guide their memories to select those tales that captivate and entertain. It gives instruction on genealogy research and documentation as a means to fill in the gaps. The Jump Start Method is the cutting-edge process of memoir writing that bypasses writes’s block and enables you to jog your memories and produce a first-hand account of how things were, as your gift to the generations to come.

Keyon Jason Jordan

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