by Cyndi | Mar 20, 2014 | books, editing, editors, novels, readers, reading, writers, writing
Joy joy joy! Thanks to my line editor Debbie Frontiera, comments from last year’s ABNA judges and helpful beta-reader input my first novel “More Than You Think You Know,” formerly titled “Loop Dee Doo,” was revised, polished and re-entered in the 2014...
by Cyndi | Dec 19, 2013 | writing
by Cyndi | Oct 13, 2013 | books, writers, writing
From a quirky moose’s first “Howdy Do!” to a baby-mommy mouse reunion finale, Ellen Raskin’s 1974 classic “Moose, Goose and Little Nobody” enthralled my kids, inciting true belly chuckles and countless read-it-again requests. I never minded repeat performances because...
by Cyndi | Sep 29, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
“Oh my God!” The press release had been triple-checked by me and reviewed by my client at least that many times before I transmitted it to a dozen media outlets. A couple of days later she sent an e-mail with the subject line “uh-oh,” noting an incorrect digit in the...
by Cyndi | Sep 28, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
“I got a rejection the other day,” Corey LaBissoniere tells me, and the three of us – Corey, his mom Tammy and I – snicker. We are sitting in the Portage Lake District Library community room on the Houghton, Michigan waterfront basking in a substantial audience...
by Cyndi | Aug 1, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
I drive past this sign every day. The “thru” is irritating but the larger problem with the current promotional slogan is a commonly confused term — an everyday error — that the discerning writer avoids. Every day is an adverb. Everyday is an adjective....
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