Wednesday, March 07, 2007

What about punctuation, grammar, and spelling?

If you're planning to submit to a legitimate publisher, trust me, spelling, punctuation, and grammar matter. You're not writing an email or blogging, where occasional lapses are okay. You're submitting professional work. Don't risk immediate rejection because your first pages are filled with errors. If you aren't good at this, and many writers are not, find someone who can help you. It's called "copy editing."

Also, if you plan to "self publish" through some of the services available for this, I recommend you choose one that copy edits. I know of one publisher who, although they don't charge to publish your book, states up front they do not edit. My advice would be to choose one that does.

I've double checked, and our No Crime Unpublished conference will have a scrumptious breakfast, in addition to lunch, included in the conference price.
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