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F. Scott Fitzgerald Almost Made a Booboo You Can Avoid

Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:03

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson shares writers’ resources on her award-winning blog Sharing with Writers

This is short and it’s a recycled tip from my SharingwithWriters newsletter, but I couldn’t resist sending it to subscribers and visitor to this blog because it’s a reminder that even great writers can make dreadful mistakes–but for wives. Ahem!

After F. Scott Fitzgerald’s editor and his wife Zelda warned him against using an obscure reference to a first century Roman fiction as his title (“Timalchio in West Egg”) he changed it to The Great Gatsby. This bit of information comes with a reminder to take another look at your own title; does it do what you’d like it to?

PS: You can subscribe to my newsletter at http://howtodoitfrugally.com. There is a subscription box in the upper right corner of most every page!

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including the award-winning second edition of, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to get nearly free publicity on your own or by partnering with your publisher; The multi award-winning second edition of The Frugal Editor; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including 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. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor .

Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the multi award-winning author of the HowToDoItFrugally series of books for authors and retailers. She was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California Legislature and is an instructor of UCLA Extension’s renowned Writers’ Program.

Source: http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/2016/04/f-scott-fitzgerald-almost-made-booboo.html

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