Let Us Judge Your Book by Its Title (1)
Every publisher and author aims for books that will be successes beyond their immediate geographical locations; books that pick up steam with a little marketing.
Email Writing Tips
Emails are preferred means of official communication. They are unobtrusive, trackable and have multiple abilities as you can add different file formats and links. However, writing emails for business purposes can seem tricky, especially when you are sending such email to people outside your organisation. Each time you want to write an email, remember that
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Five Editing Tips for Business Writing
Writing for business purposes is probably the most frequent writing anyone does, and it requires writers to stick to high grammar standards. Business writing has to be simple and concise; devoid of typos, slangs or words with unshared meanings. Business writers go long lengths to ensure clear messaging and error-free writing. Doing this means they
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Freelance Like a Pro
If you are a freelance writer, proofreader or editor, you will find this book to be an excellent resource in your pursuit of a rewarding career in the publishing space.
And Count Shooting Stars On Summer Nights
Dear writers, Quick! Find and erase! Delete that errant expression from your writing! That your short story set in Lagos or Umuahia should not tell us about the ‘hot summer day’ or ‘autumn leaves’ falling. No. No matter how tempted you are, no matter if you are domiciled in the western hemisphere. If you have
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Hyphens and Dashes
There are three types of dashes in using the English language writing convention. They are: Hyphen en dash em dash I have arranged them according to their length, with the hyphen being the shortest and the em dash the longest. Traditionally, and especially when the typewriter reigned, the hyphen is just very short, the length
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