tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post3914093012272785006..comments2023-11-03T07:01:16.104-05:00Comments on C. Hope Clark: Three Book Chores You Should Not Do YourselfHope Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-21125846780342652362011-08-01T11:47:41.406-05:002011-08-01T11:47:41.406-05:00I recently started using an editor and let me tell...I recently started using an editor and let me tell you that it works. I can edit other peoples work successfully. I can do a good preliminary edit on my own work, but then I have to let the manuscript go, let an outsider do the edit and boy do they catch a lot of things that I didn't. I have edited papers six or seven times before I let an editor look at it, and she still caught a lot of things I just couldn't see, because I was too close to the work.Juanitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-27564538770404849822011-07-17T10:41:51.942-05:002011-07-17T10:41:51.942-05:00I have written on and off for years with the thoug...I have written on and off for years with the thought of publishing in a distant future. To be honest, my "real life" took priority over my writing life for a long, long time. Over the past couple years I have started raising the priority of my writing life and only recently have come to realize that I cannot move beyond where I am without becoming part of the writing community. Having someone else edit my work, even my short stories, is going to be essential in taking the next step to quality writing. Artwork and layout....I wouldn't even know where to begin to create professional quality on my own.Benjamin Simmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-39629314427903018222011-07-12T04:52:31.211-05:002011-07-12T04:52:31.211-05:00I agree with all of your points! Although I do wo...I agree with all of your points! Although I do work as a website/graphic designer, if self-publishing I still wouldn't design my own cover. I like the thought of pitching my ideas to a designer, then letting them run free, since it's what we get to do with our words. It's a great way to gain a fresh perspective on a project that we've been staring at for what seems like forever. ;)Krissy Brady, Writerhttp://www.krissybrady.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-73419788822467390472011-07-11T18:52:04.345-05:002011-07-11T18:52:04.345-05:00Useful, thank you!Useful, thank you!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-66338188053536736222011-07-11T13:48:59.513-05:002011-07-11T13:48:59.513-05:00Hello Hope: I have read your blog and find it so ...Hello Hope: I have read your blog and find it so very interesting and informative. I am an Author/Novelist of Supernatural Thrillers and found that you are one of Jenna Glatzer's cool friends. My novels are exciting, suspenseful and mysterious and designed to entertain my readers. They are entitled THE COVERING and SYROIA published by Author House and will be on sale this Summer. I ask that you please take a little time and read my blog and tell me what you think. I appreciate very highly the comments of other Authors/Editors, etc. like yourself. Hope you will see my blog. www.misscheyennemitchell.blogspot.com<br />Thanks HopeMiss Cheyenne Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321003259337883199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-89693747306193417612011-07-11T11:32:55.341-05:002011-07-11T11:32:55.341-05:00I always appreciate your straight-forward advice. ...I always appreciate your straight-forward advice. Thank you!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777621579119303890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-26558033702046104972011-07-11T08:44:35.318-05:002011-07-11T08:44:35.318-05:00Great info as always Hope. Just from what I've...Great info as always Hope. Just from what I've seen of self-published books, I totally agree about the covers. I've seen some really awful ones, and if I saw them in a book store, I probably wouldn't even pick them up.BECKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184458949017900541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-12919944179556040742011-07-11T06:21:06.641-05:002011-07-11T06:21:06.641-05:00Hope--I agree with all three of your points. Howev...Hope--I agree with all three of your points. However, it DOES help when revising to actually read your work aloud to yourself. You're right--if something is missing (a word, a bit of punctuation) our brain DOES slip it in automatically. Unfortunately, since it's automatic, our brain then fails to follow up by telling us, "Fix that. I just did." <br /><br /><br />I've found taking the time to read aloud my work, when I hear it, I can find left-out words, awkward spots, spots where the tense changes, and so on. It's very helpful...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com