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My name is Jozette Aaron.  I am a published author, freelance writer, editor-in-chief and publisher of DeSilva's News. 

I live in Ontario, Canada.

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 I completed my first NaNo challenge on the 24th of November '08. It was grueling trying to stick to a  writing schedule in the face of everything else that makes up my daily life, but I did it! The book is still evolving so I'll continue to update my word count until the 30th.  You'll find a mini-synopsis on my blog.  

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson is an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers’ Program. She is the author of award-winning books, THIS IS THE PLACE and HARKENING. TRACINGS, an award-winning chapbook of poetry, is available at www.finishinglinepress.com. Her how-to book for writers, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON’T, is the winner of USA Book News' Best Professional Book of 2004 and the Irwin Award, and her new book THE FRUGAL EDITOR: PUT YOUR BEST BOOK FORWARD TO AVOID HUMILIATION AND ENSURE SUCCESS is also a USA Book News Best Book and a winner of Reader Views Literary Award.

 Review:

Do you know what a dangling participle is? Are you aware of the gremlins that lurk as you type? How about the gerunds, ineffective passives and adverb redundancies? How familiar are you with Word when using it for your work in progress? Do you know how to track your edits and ideas or readability statistics?  
 
I don't consider myself to be computer illiterate but I couldn't answer these questions without the help of The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success by Carolyn Howard-Johnson. I started reading the book and became so engrossed, I was halfway through before I put it down. It is engaging, entertaining and extremely informative. No writer should be without a copy in their library of references. On these pages are answers to many of the issues I face as a novelist. There are links to useful websites, a list of agents and what they are looking for in your submission, sample query and cover letters and so much more.
 
I highly recommend The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success as required reading for every writer whether you're a novice or well published. It is an easy to use, reader friendly guide to help you clean up your work to "put your best book forward!" 

                                                                    Jozette Aaron

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