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Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the author of the multi award-winning This is the Place, Harkening, andTracings . She is also the author of the How To Do It Frugally series including The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won’t (www.bit.ly/FrugalBookPromo), the winner of USA Book News' Best Professional Book 2004 and the Irwin Award and the newly released The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success (www.bit.ly/FrugalEditor). The author was honored by members of the California Legislature as Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment and was named outstanding woman of the San Gabriel Valley in California for her "literary activism" by the Pasadena Weekly. Learn more about her at: http://www.HowToDoItFrugally.com.
<p>Dr. Bethany McNeal is living her dream as a pediatric resident in one of the most sought-after medical centers in Seattle. Beautiful and intelligent, she’s missing only one thing—love, which she put on hold to focus on her career after ending a tumultuous relationship. Everything changes when she meets Dr. Brent Anderson, a charming and handsome fellow resident. Despite her reservations, Bethany falls for Brent—hard. When she learns Brent is married several months into their relationship, she immediately breaks it off. After graduating residency and going their separate ways, Bethany tries to move on with another man—real estate broker and personal trainer Charles Blakely. But just when things get serious with Charles, she realizes she’s still in love with Brent, and she finds herself caught between the two men, facing a series of difficult decisions and harrowing events that will change her life forever. Will she be able to recover from the vital temptations that turned her perfect life upside down?</p>
Though the first book in the HowToDoItFrugally series was a hit, I realized that without great editing, no amount of marketing would do the trick. Thus, I put my editing experience to work and wrote a companion book that includes ideas from hundreds of agents who shared their pet query letter peeves.
<p style="margin-left:1.25in;">“<em>The Frugal Editor: Do-It-Yourself Editing Secrets for Authors</em> is a complete course of instruction under one cover.” ~ Midwest Book Review</p> <p style="margin-left:1.25in;"><span style="line-height:1.6em;">“Absolutely essential for beginning writers and a necessary reminder for the more advanced. The mentor you've been looking for. This book won't collect dust!” ~ Christina Francine, review for </span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">Fjords Review</em></p> <p style="margin-left:1.25in;"><span style="line-height:1.6em;">“Using the basic computer and editing tricks from </span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The Frugal Editor</em><span style="line-height:1.6em;">, authors can prevent headaches and save themselves time—and even money—during the editing process. It’s well worth your effort to learn them.” ~ Barbara McNichol, Barbara McNichol Editorial</span></p> <p style="margin-left:1.25in;"><span style="line-height:1.6em;">“Writers and editors have a true friend in Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Her word smarts, her publishing savvy, and her sincere commitment to authors and editors make </span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The Frugal Editor</em><span style="line-height:1.6em;"> a must-have resource.” ~ June Casagrande, author of </span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The Best Punctuation Book, Period </em><span style="line-height:1.6em;">and </span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies</em><span style="line-height:1.6em;"> (Penguin) and syndicated grammar columnist</span></p>