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Nickum's Nook: June 2015
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Sunday, June 7, 2015. Five Steps to Completing Your First Draft. Follow these stages of preparation and production to assemble a first draft of written (or spoken) content. 1 Identify Your Purpose. What is the reason for writing the content? Are you objectively presenting information? If so, is it for educational purposes, or for entertainment — or both? Are you writing to help someone make a decision, or encouraging someone to take action? 2 Identify Your Readership. 3 Identify Your Approach. Draft an e...
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Nickum's Nook: January 2015
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Nine Must-Follow Manuscript Rules. By Anica Mrose Rissi. 1 Revise, revise, revise! I don’t want to read your first draft, ever. (Tip: Your novel isn’t ready to send to me until you can describe it in one sentence.). 2 Start with conflict and tension. To raise questions, arouse curiosity and (like musical dissonance) create the need for resolution. 3 Start with the story you’re telling, not with the backstory. 4 Give the reader something to wonder about. See “trust your ...
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Nickum's Nook: December 2014
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Saturday, December 20, 2014. The Path volume 4 number 2. New issue of The Path is now available in time for Christmas giving! Path to Publication Group. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Girl Named Mary. A Girl Named Mary. By Mary Jo Nickum. Giveaway ends September 30, 2016. See the giveaway details. A Girl Named Mary. The Path volume 4 number 2. View my complete profile. THE PATH, a literary magazine. The Path, a literary magazine. By Mary J. Nickum. Giveaway ends August 13, 2014. See the giveaway details.
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Saguaro Books
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Adventures in Young Adult Publishing. Saguaro Books, LLC. Is a publishing company speciali zing in. Middle grade and young adult fiction by first time authors.The off ice of. Saguaro Books, LLC. Located at 16201 E. Keymar Dr., Fountain Hills, Arizona, 85268. Dedicated to making reading fun. All books published by Saguaro Books LLC are available at the following on-line sites:. We are a print-on-demand publisher. We are not a vanity press. Mary J. Nickum is the Editor-in-Chief of Saguaro Books, LLC.
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Mom's Story and Multiple Sclerosis: New Discovery
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Mom's Story and Multiple Sclerosis. A discussion about Mom's Story and MS. Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS. Available on Amazon and www.marynickum.com. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. 03 Jun 2015 at 11:02 ET. Brain and central nervous system (Shutterstock). Don't miss stories. Follow Raw Story! Researchers have discovered tiny vessels connecting the brain to the immune system. 8211; which could profoundly alter the treatment of autism, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. Antoine Louveau, one of th...
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Nickum's Nook: Wanted: Volunteer reader/editors
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Be the first to read and edit new middle grade and young adult fiction by emerging authors. Must be able to use MSWord with the 'Track Changes" and "Comment" features.If you have published books or magazine articles, that is also a plus. Please respond to Mary at: mjnickum@saguarobooks.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Girl Named Mary. A Girl Named Mary. By Mary Jo Nickum. Giveaway ends September 30, 2016. See the giveaway details. A Girl Named Mary. By Mary J. Nickum.
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Nickum's Nook: Five Steps to Completing Your First Draft
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Sunday, June 7, 2015. Five Steps to Completing Your First Draft. Follow these stages of preparation and production to assemble a first draft of written (or spoken) content. 1 Identify Your Purpose. What is the reason for writing the content? Are you objectively presenting information? If so, is it for educational purposes, or for entertainment — or both? Are you writing to help someone make a decision, or encouraging someone to take action? 2 Identify Your Readership. 3 Identify Your Approach. Draft an e...
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Mom's Story and Multiple Sclerosis: The MS Hug???
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Mom's Story and Multiple Sclerosis. A discussion about Mom's Story and MS. Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS. Available on Amazon and www.marynickum.com. Friday, May 29, 2015. The MS Hug: What Is It? How Is It Treated? Http:/ www.healthline.com/health/multiple-sclerosis/ms-hug#WhatIsMS1. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Amazon Search Sidebar Gadget. Mary Jo Nickum's books on Goodreads. Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS. Ratings: 83 (avg rating 4.80). View my complete profile.
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Nickum's Nook: October 2014
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Sunday, October 19, 2014. New title just in time for Halloween–The Cemetery Sleeper. From: www.saguarobooks.com. Ten-year-old Freddy Pesterfield is certain his aunt’s creaky old farmhouse in TN is haunted, and it’s not long before he begins sleepwalking to the nearby family cemetery. Freddy desperately searches for a way to keep from waking in the graveyard, but he cannot stop a vengeful ghost from luring him there. Thursday, October 9, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Girl Named Mary. By Mary J. ...
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Nickum's Nook: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Have you thought about writing an article? Here is some interesting advice I found recently. A good article makes the reader think. A great one forces him to react. Unlike fiction, nonfiction on layered topics has no characters to make the reader care about them, no twists in the plot to keep up audience interest, and no emotionally charged. From: Writer’s Guide to 2014. Friday, May 22, 2015. Everyone Has a Story- Guest Blog #1. Somehow people think authors are set apart from “...
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