by Julie A. Winrich | Jan 8, 2015 | Selling Your Book
Hope everyone had a good new year’s day and settled in with all of the resolutions. Last clichés: With bated breath—Holding one’s breath back in expectation. To restrain is to bate, but now this verb bate is rarely heard except in this cliché, which has an...
by Julie A. Winrich | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Until Next time, Keep Writing Julie
by Julie A. Winrich | Dec 24, 2014 | Publishing
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Wishing you the best for the coming year 2015 and hope all your dreams come true. Last Clichès: Duty Bound—To be firmly obligated. This phrase is from bounden duty, which dates from the 1500s and was actually redundant, since from...
by Julie A. Winrich | Dec 17, 2014 | Selling Your Book
A platform is not a list of your credentials, but is the ability to self-market yourself. First, last clichés: Still Wet Behind the Ears – Inexperienced or immature. The term refers to the fact that the last place to dry on a newborn colt or calf is the indentation...
by Julie A. Winrich | Dec 11, 2014 | Querying
For me, the query letter is much harder to write than the book. First, last clichés: Not to mince words – To speak plainly, avoiding giving offense. This expression, also used as not to mince matters, dates from Shakespeare’s time (see Othello and Antony and...
