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Cover for your book:
Since I’ve been ill, I postponed my cover design for my book. Couldn’t agree on what I wanted. Took a survey, and too many different ideas. Last Clichès: Ran amok—Go crazy; behave in a wild, frenzied manner. Based on the Malay word amok, meaning “a state of frenzy.”...
Life gets in the way
Can’t believe my last post was January 8, 2015! No excuses, but was sick, mother-in-law fell and broke hip, and now I’m back to work for a bit after being retired for a very long time. But have to work for our business. Last clichés: I don’t think so—Don’t agree with...
Book Cover Designs
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 archaic...
Happy New Year!
Until Next time, Keep Writing Julie
Ten Things you can control when getting published
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...
Creating your Writer Platform
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...
Query letters for an Agent
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...
Agents
What do you need to know about agents? First, last clichés: My lips are sealed – will keep secret. The idea of keeping one’s mouth tightly shut is much older and sealing up someone else’s lips dates from the late 1700s. However, this phrase became current in the early...
Attending workshops is important
I just attended the 2014 Arizona Writing Workshop in Tucson on Nov. 22nd. It was a great experience, and writers should attend classes and workshops and conferences. But first, last clichés: Racking my brain – To strain to discover a solution or to remember something....
Traveling Still
I’m still on the road, but here are the last clichés: Off the Top of my Head – Impromptu, extemporaneously, impetuously. A mid-20th century Americanism. Term appeared in Harold L. Ickes’ Secret Diary (1939). See also author June Drummond (Junta, 1989). Make the Grade...
