spooknov
Re: To all of ya
Whew!!! This was quite a read. My eyes blurred so many times it took three days to pan through all of the wonderful information and suggestions. I think I'm finally caught up to speed.
Hello, my name is Spooky, and I'm a bookoholic. I've posted a few other places on the board, but I had to say thanks to Uncle Jim and everyone else for all the great tips provided for us first timers out there. I have reorganized my writing techniques from some of the pointers, and even made a primary goal list that now hangs on the wall in front of my desk. One of the goals I set for myself was to read a minimum of one fiction & one non-fiction books a week. This may not sound like a lot of work, but, I have children and take care of my elderly in-laws, add in BIC time, errands, cleaning, cooking, etc. and 2 books/week seems like a great place to start. If I find I need more of a challange I can always add another book. So, I guess the best place to start that goal would be the Best Seller list provided. Bravo Uncle Jim. You have once again supplied us with invaluable tools to further educate ourselves. And we don't even have to pay registration fees.
I do have one question though. I so hope it does not sound foolish. I saw tons of info about proper MS form (preference of publishers), but the one thing I did not see mentioned (don't flog me please) was how to separate between chapters.
Do you scroll to the next page, or do you skip a line? Ex:
(Page 14 line 10)
She drifted off to sleep the moment her head hit the pillow.
(page 15)
Chapter Two
The persistant buzz of the digital alarm clock woke her from a wonderful dream blah blah blah.
or should it be
She drifted off blah blah blah
Chapter Two
The persistant buzz blah blah blah
I hate to sound like the ninny, but I can't be the only newbie out there that is wondering, right?
Whew!!! This was quite a read. My eyes blurred so many times it took three days to pan through all of the wonderful information and suggestions. I think I'm finally caught up to speed.
Hello, my name is Spooky, and I'm a bookoholic. I've posted a few other places on the board, but I had to say thanks to Uncle Jim and everyone else for all the great tips provided for us first timers out there. I have reorganized my writing techniques from some of the pointers, and even made a primary goal list that now hangs on the wall in front of my desk. One of the goals I set for myself was to read a minimum of one fiction & one non-fiction books a week. This may not sound like a lot of work, but, I have children and take care of my elderly in-laws, add in BIC time, errands, cleaning, cooking, etc. and 2 books/week seems like a great place to start. If I find I need more of a challange I can always add another book. So, I guess the best place to start that goal would be the Best Seller list provided. Bravo Uncle Jim. You have once again supplied us with invaluable tools to further educate ourselves. And we don't even have to pay registration fees.
I do have one question though. I so hope it does not sound foolish. I saw tons of info about proper MS form (preference of publishers), but the one thing I did not see mentioned (don't flog me please) was how to separate between chapters.
Do you scroll to the next page, or do you skip a line? Ex:
(Page 14 line 10)
She drifted off to sleep the moment her head hit the pillow.
(page 15)
Chapter Two
The persistant buzz of the digital alarm clock woke her from a wonderful dream blah blah blah.
or should it be
She drifted off blah blah blah
Chapter Two
The persistant buzz blah blah blah
I hate to sound like the ninny, but I can't be the only newbie out there that is wondering, right?