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When you are starting of as a writer, many people just don't think of the importance of making a good first impression with potential publishers. Ensuring your cover letter and article proposal for your manuscript is very important. Keeping it short and sweet The purpose of a covering letter is to let the editor know your name, address, teleph

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and above all accurately so they will be guided by its light. --Joseph Pulitzer When I started the 400 Year Project (to demonstrate how 400 years worth of normal improvements could be accomplished in only 20 years), I be

Is your book title designed to hook your potential reader? It should; titles are one of the most important aspects of your book. Did you know the average reader, publisher or editor only spends about 6 seconds looking at the front cover of any book. They spend not much longer, about 14 seconds, on the back cover. That leaves an author about 20 sec

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