Writer-Artist Deborah Lyn Stanley Offers Unsolicited Review of The Frugal Editor

Today's post comes with special thanks for a surprise review from an associate at another blog, WritersontheMove.  As many of my subscribers and visitors know, I believe in thank yous and reviews as a way to pass it forward to the publishing industry and those important cogs--authors--that make it what it is.  Thus this review of my The Frugal Editor comes to you as a reminder.


Title: The Frugal Editor
Subtitle: Do-It-Yourself Editing Secrets for Authors:
From Your Query Letter to Final Manuscript to the Marketing of Your New Bestseller
Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Series: The HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: HowToDoItFrugally Publishing
Cover: DeSimonDesign.com
Available: Paper and Ebook
ISBN: 9781505712117
Purchase on Amazon:

Reviewed by Deborah Lyn Stanley, originally for Amazon, Goodreads and her own websites

Today I am sharing my favorite self-editing book. Carolyn Howard-Johnson is a friend and co-contributor to Writer’s On The Move (WOTM).  She is a consistent source of encouragement for the writer’s journey!

Carolyn’s delivery style is down to earth, illuminating, and frugal in its time saving, headache preventing approach.

My favorite aspect of her book includes the basics required for an effective writer’s practice, and the seven thorough Appendices. Appendix One, “Editing At A Glance”, is followed by Recommended Reading and Resources, Generous Agents List, Sample Cover and Sample Query Letters, and Formatting for Kindle Made Easy.

The Goal of the book is to equip aspiring and accomplished authors with the best self-editing skills and tips for successful publishing.

I highly recommend this book. It’s refreshing, informative, and empowers our writers' journey.

Thank you Carolyn Howard-Johnson!

Carolyn Howard-Johnson has been promoting her own books and helping clients promote theirs for more than a decade. Her marketing plan for the second book in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers, The Frugal Editor, won the Next Generation Millennium Award for Marketing. The just-released third edition of The Frugal Book Promoter, published by Modern History Press, is New, Expanded, and Updated. Her poetry, fiction and nonfiction books have been honored by the likes of Writer’s Digest, USA Book News Award, the Irwin award, Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards and more. Learn more about Carolyn and her books of fiction and poetry. Each of them helped her learn more about maximizing marketing efforts for different writers, different titles. Learn more at www.howtodoitfrugally.com

Links:

https://howtodoitfrugally.com/

http://www.writersonthemove.com/

MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER

Deborah Lyn Stanley is a writer, artist, and contributor to Karen Cioffi Ventrice's WritersontheMove blog. Learn more about her writing at on her websites at  https://lynstanleyart.com,  My Writer’s Life: https://deborahlynwriter.com/, and The Caregiver’s Retreat: https://deborahlyncaregiver.com/. 

MORE ABOUT THE BLOGGER

 Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the award-winning second editions of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor. Her latest is in the series is How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically. Learn more on her Amazon profile page, http://bit.ly/CarolynsAmznProfile. Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers is one of her booklets--perfect for inexpensive gift giving--and The Great First Impression Book Proposal another booklet, helps writers who want to be traditionally published. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including one she encourages authors to read because it will help them convince retailers to host their workshops, presentations, and signings. It is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. She helps writers extend the exposure of their favorite reviews at TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. She also blogs at all things editing--grammar, formatting and more--at this spot, The Frugal, Smart,and Tuned-In Editor (http://TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com). Her SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com blog focuses on the writing life and book marketing and promotion. It is a Writers' Digest 101 Best blogs pick.