A Step in the Write Direction--May 27, 2013

A Step in the Write Direction

May 27, 2013

Update: Had a good week. Got a year older, but at my age, that’s a good thing! Enjoyed a free breakfast at Denny’s and IHOP and still have coupons for a free Johnny Rocket’s, free dessert at Mimi’s, and a free drink at Starbuck’s. (Then I’ll need to join Weight Watcher’s or TOPS.) Now to get busy on editing the father/grandfather anthology and get it to the publisher.

Got a new computer last weekend, so now I have to get used to Word 2007 instead of 2003. I’m sure I’ll like it when I figure out how to save, print, spell check, etc. It sure is a lot faster than my seven-year-old machine!

Received an invitation to teach three classes at the CLASS conference (formerly at Glorieta, now in Albuquerque) in November. Will respond to them within a couple of days. Waiting to see if my friend is invited too so we can share a room and other expenses that aren’t covered.

A sharp reader pointed out that I had a typo in the last blog, but I didn’t write you all to correct it. Thought you’d have fun finding it and knowing that I’m human! (You know, to have a typo is human; to catch it is divine!)

Thanks today to all our veterans and military who are keeping our country free!

Question: Do you prefer getting this blog within your email, or would you rather just have a link to click on? I know personally, if it’s in the email I read it right away; links I put off till I have more time. How about you?

Thought for Today:

Frequently the richest answers are not the speediest…

A prayer may be all the longer on its voyage

because it is bringing us a heavier freight of blessing.

Delayed answers are not only trials of faith,

but they give us an opportunity of honoring God

by our steadfast confidence in Him under apparent repulses (C. H. Spurgeon)

Laugh for Today:

A company manager is reviewing Smith’s application and notices that he has never worked in accounting before and has no qualifications in accounting. He says to Smith, “For a man with no experience, you are certainly asking for a high salary.”

“Well, Sir,” replies Smith, “the work is so much harder when you don’t know what you’re doing!”

Reader’s Question: Remind me again, what is the going rate for proofreading? For editing? For reading a manuscript to endorse? What is the difference between those functions, i.e, if proofing looks for typos, editing looks for errors, then endorsement looks for ??? Or do I have that all wrong?

Answer: My proofreading rate is $1.25/double-spaced page; line-by-line editing is $2/page. Proofreading is mainly looking for typos; editing is looking for grammar mistakes, overused words, weak words, sentence structure, maybe even changing the order of paragraphs, etc. An endorsement is written by someone who (hopefully) has read the book and recommends it to readers.

Another question: I'm getting confused with endnotes and footnotes. I'm reading that they are the same thing, but just placed in different locations. I'm told that my book's endnotes will be at the back of the book, so does that mean I don't have to also do a bibliography or footnotes? I also have to make all my chapters as one continuous flow, not 15 chapters on 15 files, but one continuous flow of chapters. I know that I use the page break feature to go from the end of one chapter to the start of the next but how does that affect endnotes, when they automatically go at the end of each chapter and mine are supposed to be at the back of the book? I guess I don't get how I'll separate out the endnotes by chapter.

Answer: Although the format of endnotes and footnotes are the same, footnotes go at the bottom of each page; endnotes go at the end of the book. (A few publishers put them at the end of each chapter, but this is rare.) When you go to “Reference” on the toolbar, it will ask you whether you want footnotes or endnotes. A section break (not a page break) is necessary so that your endnotes will begin at #1 again in your new chapters; otherwise, they will number consecutively from the beginning of the book to the end. (The only time I’ve done this is when I had only 8 or 10 for the entire book, and then it wasn’t worth it to divide them into chapters.). You include a bibliography when you want to send the reader to other recommended books on the same subject Hope this helps!

Have a good week spreading the gospel

through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

A Step in the Write Direction--May 20, 2013

A Step in the Write Direction

May 20, 2013

 

Update:

Finally got all the acceptance emails out for the father/grandfather anthology. Now comes the harder part—editing! This is going to be a really good book, and I’m excited about its release….We were praying constantly yesterday for our daughter and family who live in Cushing, Oklahoma. They were about 20-30 miles from Carney which sustained a lot of tornado damage, and not that far from Shawnee. More storms are expected today…For anyone acquainted with Cecil Murphey (author of such books as 90 Minutes in Heaven and Gifted Hands, his wife passed away last weekend from a massive stroke. You can send a card to: 4297 Tucker North Court.

 

Scholarships:

Instead of sending flowers to Reg Forder when his wife Eleanore died and to Cecil, I’m going to accept donations which will be used for scholarships for the November Arizona Christian Writers Conference that Reg leads. You can make out the check to ACW or pay through PayPal.

 

Thought for the Day:

"Don't just tell people to aim high, but steady the ladder while they do so."

—Debra J. Dickerson, An American Story

 

Note from Donna: We need to encourage other writers along the way as those in the past have encouraged us!

 

Laugh for the Day:

One morning a grandmother was surprised to find that her 7-year-old grandson had made her coffee. Smiling, she choked down the worst cup of her life. When she finished, she found three little green Army men at the bottom. Puzzled, she asked, “Honey, what are these Army men doing in my coffee?” Her grandson answered, “Like it says on TV, Grandma. ‘The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup.’” (For those who aren’t familiar with this ad, it says, ‘The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup.’)

 

Prayer Request:

I don’t very often ask for prayer for myself, but if you get a spare moment, you can send up a prayer for my COPD which is getting progressively worse. This last month or so has been especially bad. Thanks!!

 

Reader’s Question: Do I have to get written permission for every source I quote in my book, even if I give the credit in the body of the text

 

Answer: The rule on that is "fair use." In other words, how much of their information are you using and how long is the manuscript you're writing. For example, if you were writing a 300-word article and quoted 200 words from someone else, that wouldn't be considered fair use. Or if you used 1000 words of their 2000 word article that wouldn't be considered fair use.

 

One editor said at a conference you can use 100 words from a 100-page book, 200 words from a 200-page book, etc., and that sounded pretty good. When I had wrote two books for John Wiley & Sons, they told me I could use up to 300 words without permission as long as I gave the proper credit line, but usually I hear 100 words as fair use.

 

Also, even if you’re not quoting someone verbatim, but the “idea” belongs to them, you should give them credit. For example, if you said “Big Brother is watching you,” that isn’t 100 words, but the quote comes from Orwell’s 1984.

 

However, the 100-word limit does NOT apply to music. In music, you can't quote more than one line without permission, and sometimes this is difficult to obtain especially on contemporary gospel music or secular music. But you can paraphrase the words or just give the title.

 

Have a good week spreading the gospel

through the printed page!

 

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

 

 
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A Step in the Write Direction

May 13, 2013

 

Update:

Last Friday was one of those "being thankful" days. Woke up in a paid-for mobile home, got into a paid-for car, drove to doctor's office for a physical and prescriptions (thankful for a good doctor and good insurance), went to bank (thankful to deposit checks that come from working at home). Teller called me by name, which was nice. Stopped at restaurant on way home (hostess said "Hi, Donna"). Picked up gift card (that our daughter from Oklahoma had ordered over the telephone). Just one of those days where everything seemed to click, which hasn't always been that way the last few weeks….Finally got through the stack of father/grandfather anthology submissions, reducing it from 83,000 words to just under 67,000 that the publisher wanted. Now to send out the acceptance/ rejection (hate those!) emails, then on to the editing.

 

Thought for Today:

MOTHER TO SON

 

by Langston Hughes, 1902-1967

 

“Well son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

But all the time

I’se been a-climbin’

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So boy, don’t you turn back.

Don’t you sit down on the steps.

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Don’t you fall now—

For I’se still goin’, honey,

I’se still climbin’,

And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”

 

Laugh for Today (maybe even Thought for Today!): (Sorry this didn't transfer, but click on the link and you can find it.)

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Writer’s Question:

 

I've been reading your book about how to do the credit lines for the three Bibles I'm using for my book. Who does the actual writing of the credit lines for the various Bible versions?

 

Answer: If you would like a list of credit lines for the various versions of the Bible, also the number of verses you can use without permission, email me at: dgood648@aol.com (The list is too long to give here, but it’s a helpful list to print out and keep on hand.)

 

Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

 

Donna Clark Goodrich

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

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* The Freedom of Letting Go

 

 

A Step in the Write Direction--May 7, 2013

A Step in the Write Direction

May 6, 2013

 

Update:

It’s been a pretty good week, mostly just working on two proofreading jobs and starting to make the selection for the father/grandfather anthology. I’m about halfway through the pile….Haven't heard back yet from the editor who liked two of the three gift books. If they accept it, it’ll have to be doubled in length from 46 to 92 pages. One is for mothers; the other for friends. Another publisher is considering six devotional books I submitted….My husband is doing better, except now he has a staph infection (MRSA) in both knees, but it looks like it’s responding to antibiotics….Lesson learned while my daughter and family were here, something I should have learned years ago: I don’t have to be right all the time. She pointed out that I was sometimes too critical in pointing out other people’s mistakes. (Do you think that comes from being an editor and proofreader??!!)

 

Thought for Today:

“You can’t take care of others unless you are in a position of being healed yourself, inside and out” (Brian Brown, Rescued [Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2013]).

 

Laugh for Today

 

“Few people have come to know the “true” story of the origin of Sinko de Mayo. It is my pleasure to set the record straight. A little known fact is that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico but as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York.

 

“The ship hit an iceberg and sank and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning which they still observe to this day. The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course as Sinko de Mayo.” (http://nj1015.com/the-true-story-of-sinko-de-mayo-according-to-big-joe-henry)

Computer Hint:

When you’re sending the same email to many people, put your own email address in the Send To: box, then in the Copy To: box, put all the rest of the names with an opening parenthesis at the beginning and a closing parenthesis at the end. That way the recipient can't see all the other names and the recipient won't get on a bunch of other lists.

Writer’s Hints:

For those of you interested in writing devotionals, below is a sample of a typical one. (You can read more on writing devotionals and fillers in my Step in the Write Direction book. It includes a complete chapter on the subject.)

Monday, February 11

Read Matthew 18:21-35

Text for today: “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times” (Matthew 18:21 niv). Use the version the editor requires.

Song (if requested, either title or one verse)

(Body of devotional—usually between 175 and 250 words)

Our daughter had been hurt by the words of her best friend.

“Maybe she didn’t mean it like it sounded,” I tried to soothe her.

 
“How else could she mean it?”

“Well, maybe she just had a bad day.” I reminded her of what a rough home life her friend had. Her parents were divorced and she had left her mother’s house 2500 miles away to live with her aunt in our town. Then her aunt kicked her out, and she was now living with her grandmother, who was very strict.

My daughter listened for a few minutes, and then interrupted, “Mom, I don’t want to understand her. I just want to be mad at her.”

How often do we have the chance to forgive someone but we don’t. We would rather carry a grudge and tell everyone how we have been mistreated. Aren’t we glad Christ doesn’t treat us this way? (151 words, but for this devotional the thought and prayer counted too.)

—Donna Clark Goodrich

Thought for today: (if requested)

Prayer: (if requested)

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                                                Have a great week spreading the gospel

through the printed page.

 

Donna Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com
www.thewritersfriend.net

A Step in the Write Direction--April 29, 2013

A Step in the Write Direction

April 29, 2013

 

Update:

A good last week! My husband had his defibrillator replaced on Monday and, praise the Lord, they could use the old wires. The procedure took about 90 minutes and he was able to come home 3 hours later….My sister’s surgery on Tuesday also went well and she came home on Saturday…An editor I submitted 3 gift books to wrote and said she liked 2 of them and would present them to the Publication Board. Catch: If they accepted them, I’d have to double them in size.

 

Had a nice time Saturday giving my “Freedom of Letting Go” talk to a group of Lutheran women. (If you need someone for a luncheon/retreat/banquet, etc., keep me in mind. A list of talks is included on my Web site.).

 

We said good-bye to our youth minister and wife this morning in a tearful service. They’ll be leaving, with their 3-year-old boy, for 2½ years in Ecuador. Pray that God will bring someone along just as faithful for our great group of teens….And we said another tearful good-bye this evening to our daughter and family who are going back to Oklahoma tomorrow. So thankful for the 2 weeks they were able to be here.

 

Hope to get to the father/grandfather anthology this week to make my selection. Thanks to all of you for your patience! (Note: It hit 100 degrees here yesterday!!)

 

Thought for Today:

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow (Ronald E. Osborn).

 

Laugh for Today:

Prayers from Children

• Dear God, please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. - Amanda
• Dear God, thank you for the baby brother but what I asked for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up. - Joyce
• Dear Mr. God, I wish you would not make it so easy for people to come apart. I had to have 3 stitches and a shot. - Janet
• God, I read the Bible. What does beget mean? Nobody will tell me. - Love, Alison
• Dear God, is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his golf words in the house? - Anita
• Dear God, I bet it's very hard for you to love everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. - Nancy
• Dear God, my grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go? - Love, Dennis
• Dear God, maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they each had their own rooms. It works out okay with me and my brother. - Larry
• Dear God, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday night. That was really cool. - Thomas

Writer’s Hints:

The following is long, but it is worth reading. I don’t have the source; someone mailed it to me, but I have several friends who were taken in by these publishers.

 

Poetry Scam Alert: A Little-Known Scam about Bogus Poetry Contests
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Poetry scam contests rake in millions of dollars every year. They do so by promising fame and fortune and then charging 'contest winners' a fee to see their work in print. What is worse, everybody is a winner. In this issue, we address how these poetry scams operate, how you can recognize a scam, and what you can do to stop them….

How poetry scam contests work: The perpetrators of these common poetry scams often seem legitimate. You can find their advertisements in popular magazines and writing magazines. You will find them posted on websites. Additionally, you can find contest announcements posted in the major newspapers all across the country. We've even received these poetry scam contest announcements in our mailbox. Most recently, millions have received poetry scam emails.

The advertisements or poetry scam contest announcements offer large financial rewards and promises of publication. They are even known to offer contestants a freebie if they enter a poem. Many have minor requirements, including a maximum poem length of 20 lines. Additionally, unlike some contests, there is often no fee to enter. Contestants simply create their prose and drop it in the mail.

Now comes the "good" news, and the meat of the poetry scam: "Congratulations! You've become a semi-finalist," your letter says. Pride fills your soul. The letter goes on. "We wish to publish your poem in an anthology." You're going to be published! Now your heart is pounding with excitement. Until you read this next line..."To have a copy of this anthology, please send $49.95 plus $4.95 shipping and handling. For an additional $20 we can add your biography to your poem."

The poetry scam list of offerings continues. You can have your poem mounted on a plaque. You can purchase cassette tapes where a professional reader has recorded your poem. You can even join an association of poets—for a fee. The poetry scam may even go so far as to state that you have been nominated for the 'Poet of the Year'. With this nomination, you are invited to attend an award ceremony for the price of $475 plus travel expenses.

And this is how the scammers make their money. Each contestant receives the same 'semi-finalist' letter. As unsuspecting winners proudly purchase their book of poetry, the cassettes, their plaque, and more, the scammers rake in the money. In fact, some experts estimate that these poetry scam companies make almost 10 million dollars a year!

What you can do: Publishing a written work or poem is a goal that many aspire to. Don't let poetry scams squash your dreams. If you aspire to see your poetry published, contribute your poems to legitimate magazines and literary publications. Once you have a collection of published poems, you can put together your own book and submit it to editors for publication.

Legitimate writing and poetry contests are both available and plentiful. If you decide to participate in poetry contests, investigate the organization before you enter. These poetry scam companies operate under a variety of legitimate sounding names. Research each and every organization before you enter a contest.

Search the Internet for warnings about the company holding the contest. Visit our Scambusters.org site to search our articles (although we don't name specific organizations or people as scams, we focus on education so our subscribers understand what kinds of scams to watch out for). Lastly, know that there is no reason that a contest should ask you for money for anything after you have entered.

Many legitimate contests do request a small entrance fee to cover administration and financial prizes; however they NEVER request a fee to publish or purchase anything upon winning the contest. Legitimate contests willingly post their guidelines, prizes, judges and contest rules.

If you have been a victim of a poetry scam, you can report it to the:

 

Federal Trade Commission at: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup

 

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Enjoy this next week spreading the

gospel through the printed page!

 

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com
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A Step in the Write Direction--April 22, 2013

A Step in the Write Direction

April 22, 2013

 

Update:

Don’t have much to update—just did a couple of proofing jobs this week, one a book for women and one a great book on the Holy Spirit by Lloyd Ogilvie. Also had a birthday party for our daughter visiting from Oklahoma, and tonight we had her family, our other two children, and some friends over for hamburgers, etc., and slides from the “olden days.”

 

Tomorrow morning we have to be at the hospital at 7 a.m. for my husband to get his new defibrillator implanted. Our specific prayer request is that they can use the same wires. If not (and they couldn’t the last time), this will require another hospital stay and another surgeon/surgery. We appreciate your prayers so much.

 

Next Friday a publisher is taking a series of six of my devotional books to committee. Just praying for God’s will if that is the right publisher!

 

Thought for the Day:

“Don’t aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference” (Denzel Washington in GQ).

Laugh for the Day: (a little late for tax day, but funny)
Father O'Malley answers the phone... "Hello, is this Father O'Malley?" "It is." "This is the IRS. Can you help us?" "I can." "Do you know a Ted Houlihan?" "I do." "Is he a member of your congregation?" "He is." "Did he donate $10,000.00?"  (pause)  "He will."

Challenge for the Day:

Following is a testimony from reader Joana Melisia James: For a while I’ve been feeling like writing was pointless. I lost my zeal and I felt like I wasn’t really helping anyone. A few days ago, my best friend from high school—whom I haven’t seen in about a decade as she now lives in the US—sent me a message. She is engaged and 3 months pregnant. Two weeks before the wedding, her fiancé called to say he wanted to postpone the wedding (he really sounded like he wants to call it off though). She was devastated and really scared for what her future would turn out to be. Then she picked up my devotional “Trusting God with your future.” Her exact words were, “Thank you for writing this book because now I know that no matter what happens, God is in control of my future.”

 

Is there something God has laid on your heart to write that would help someone going through a rough time today?

Writer’s Hints:

Since one day last week was Newspaper Columnist Day, I thought you might enjoy some hints on writing for newspapers:

Years ago, I wrote a devotional column called “Bits and Pieces” for a weekly Michigan newspaper. When we moved to Arizona, I sold these same devotionals to the daily newspaper under the title “Faith at Home” for the weekly church page. (These eventually ended up in a woman’s devotional book for Standard Publishing.)

How about your hobby or skill—household or car repair hints, financial tips, couponing, or gardening. Your occupation? A pediatric nurse wrote a question-and-answer column concerning children’s health problems. History? A column on what happened 50 years ago on this date will catch the eye of old-timers, as well as area newcomers. Profiles on interesting people in your area? I wrote another column entitled “The Parsonage Queen,” in which I interviewed local pastors’ wives.

Do you like to read? How about a book review column? Or humor? Do you always see the weird side of things?

If you're interested in writing a column, write or visit the appropriate editor with your bio sheet, along with several sample columns. This not only shows your writing ability, but if he or she accepts the idea, you have extra columns on hand in case of emergency or vacation.

If the editor expresses interest but says the paper can’t pay, offer to write the column for free for a period of time. Then ask friends to write or call the newspaper, saying how much they enjoy the column. After an agreed-upon period, talk to the editor again and say you’d like to continue writing at their regular rate.

Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page!

 

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

 

 

 

Step in the Write Direction--April 15, 2013

A Step in the Write Direction

 

April 15, 2013

 

Update:

Not too much to update. I had a busy week with two proofreading jobs and working on the father/grandfather anthology. I printed out all those I had received and it came to 83,000 words. I have to get it down to around 67,000 so have work to do. One thing that will make it easier is that a number of writers sent two or three submissions and the publisher usually likes only one from each contributor, so that will cut down some….Our two children who live here in town came over yesterday after church and helped clean house—getting ready for our daughter and family who are coming tomorrow from Oklahoma for a two-week vacation! Can hardly wait to see them!...My husband has an appointment this morning to get the results of a heart ultrasound to see if there are any more blog clots (they found one last September), then next Monday, the 22^nd, he’ll have the procedure to replace the defibrillator. Hopefully (and prayerfully) the third wire can be re-used. If not, that will require a second surgery later.

 

Thought for the Day:

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow (Ronald E. Osborn).

 

Laugh for the Day: (appropriate for today!)

A man on vacation was strolling along outside his hotel, enjoying the sunny weather. Suddenly, he was attracted by the screams of a woman kneeling in front of a child.

Questioning the mother, the man learned that the child had swallowed a coin. Seizing the child by the heels, the man held him up, gave him a few shakes, and a quarter dropped to the sidewalk.

"Oh, thank you sir!" cried the woman. "You seemed to know just how to get it out of him. Are you a doctor?"

"No, ma'am," replied the man. "I'm with the IRS."

Writer’s Hints:

Reader’s question: How do you get paid when you sell your book to a publisher? Upfront amount? Royalties?

 

Answer: Every publisher is different. Years ago when I first started selling books (in the early 70s), my first three were bought outright. One was a Bible quiz book which sold for 29 cents and I received $125. When it went out of print, it had sold over 140,000 copies, so you can see I lost money on that. The next two were small devotional books for children and women, and I received $250—also losing money.

 

Most publishers, however, pay a royalty percentage, usually around 8-10 percent, but you have to know if this is on wholesale (in other words, if a book sells for $10 and a bookstore buys it at a discount for $6, you just get royalties on the $6) or on retail.

 

Some publishers also give an advance, based on the estimated sales of the book. This is more common with well-known writers or writers who have been previously published by that publisher. You have to remember this is an ADVANCE ON ROYALTIES, so the publisher has to sell enough to recoup that advance before you start getting royalty checks.

 

I’m not maligning anyone, but don’t think that because it’s a Christian publisher, you can just sign it and send back—no matter how excited are! Years ago a new writer in our group called me all excited because she had received a contract for her children’s book—an outright purchase of $500. I discussed with her what the book would probably sell for and, even if it sold 5,000 copies—an average run at that time, how much she would lose. She wrote the publisher back, turning down the contract. (The publisher did write back, saying they were new and that’s all they could afford at the time, but if they could eventually go the royalty route, they would contact her again as they liked the book.)

 

 I usually pay Sally Stuart at: stuartcwmg@aol.com to look over a contract when I receive one. Even if everything’s on the up-and-up, you can ask for some changes—more free copies upfront, etc. The one time I didn't have her look at one (she did the original, then they sent an amended one) I'm still regretting it!

 

Hope this helps!

 

Enjoy the week spreading the gospel

through the printed page!

 

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@ aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

 "A Step in the Write Direction--the Complete How-to Guide for Christian Writers"