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	<title>Publishing Basics... for the self publisher&#187; Carolyn Madison</title>
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		<title>Don’t Pay for Editing Until You Know What Kind of Editing Your Manuscript Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve worked through several drafts of your manuscript, and you think you’re ready to have it professionally edited. You have a local friend who does editing, and you know of a local college professor who edited something for another friend recently. You’ve come across several different editing services on the Internet, and you wonder about those. You’re not sure how to decide who you should pay to edit your book.]]></description>
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		<title>Four Tips to Enhance Your Credibility as An Author</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonfiction writers are justifiably concerned with how their voice and tone will affect the audience. They want to portray themselves as credible without coming across as a “know-it-all.” They want to seem authoritative on their topic but not “preachy.”]]></description>
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		<title>Unleashing the Power of Limited Third Person Point of View</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered that your story might be begging to be rewritten from a different point of view? That was the case in a recent manuscript I edited. Here’s what happened.]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Going to Write the Way You Speak?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you consider yourself a better speaker than writer, you would be wise to do some intentional thinking about how you will prepare your manuscript for publication. As you plan your book project, begin by considering your audience. Ask yourself some basic questions ...]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Tips for Public Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public speakers need to produce books that will sell. But before launching your book writing project, evaluate how your book will function within your total business model.]]></description>
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		<title>One-Step Editing and Design—Such a Deal!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you’ve found a designer who will edit as he lays out the interior of your book, huh? That should save both time and money, as you’ll be completing two steps at the same time! Uh huh. Let me know how that works out for you.]]></description>
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		<title>Phantom Books May Lurk Within Your Book Concept</title>
		<link>http://www.publishingbasics.com/2011/04/28/phantom-books-may-lurk-within-your-book-concept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many times as I am working on a manuscript I see the untapped potential within that one book concept. Do you have a great book concept? Have you already published a book? You may be surprised to discover other phantom books lurking within that one book concept of yours.]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Editorial Passes Does It Take?</title>
		<link>http://www.publishingbasics.com/2011/03/25/how-many-editorial-passes-does-it-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publishingbasics.com/2011/03/25/how-many-editorial-passes-does-it-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I am so ready to be done with this!” “I really can’t look at it again right now.” “I’ve already been through it so many times that I really need to be done with it.” If you are an author revising your manuscript, chances are, you’ve made such statements. What does it take to get to the point of actually feeling that you are ready to publish your book with confidence?]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Formatting Tips to Prepare Your Manuscript for Editing</title>
		<link>http://www.publishingbasics.com/2011/03/02/basic-formatting-tips-to-prepare-your-manuscript-for-editing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To build on the most recent Publishing Basics article “Ready or Not? Timesaving Tips for the Editing Process,” we’ll assume that: You’ve done the best you can with the structure and organization of your manuscript. You are ready to stop tinkering with the manuscript for awhile. Your entire manuscript is in one Word file or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready or Not? Timesaving Tips for the Editing Process</title>
		<link>http://www.publishingbasics.com/2011/02/22/ready-or-not-timesaving-tips-for-the-editing-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing and publishing a book is challenging enough without putting forth unnecessary effort. Get your manuscript into editing sooner and be more productive by wisely focusing your efforts and by skipping some time-consuming steps that may need to be undone anyway.]]></description>
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