Carolyn Howard-Johnson

The Frugal Editor: Do-it-Yourself Editing Secrets From your query letter to final manuscript to the marketing of your new bestsellerWhether you are a new or experienced author, The Frugal Editor helps you present whistle-clean copy from a one-page cover letter to your entire manuscript that will convince those with the power to say "yea" or "nay" to your precious book. The third edition of The Frugal Editor, is the winningest book in Carolyn's multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of Books for writers with accolades from Reader Views Literary Award, Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award, the coveted Irwin Award, and many others. This fully updated edition includes the new help you need from managing gender pronouns to maximizing the usefulness of front and back matter. Altogether, The Frugal Editor now provides 50% more information designed for the success of your title." 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 The Frugal Editor a must-have resource." -- June Casagrande, author of The Best Punctuation Book, Period and Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies (Penguin) and syndicated grammar columnist"Previous editions of The Frugal Editor were excellent. Nothing could be better... except this book which has an additional 50% new content. The publishing world changes quickly, and this text allows writers to keep up with the ever changing world of editors, publicists, finicky agents, trends, cultural expectations, queries, and media kits... exploding grammar myths, and possible scams. Save yourself time and money by learning from the best, Howard-Johnson. -- Carolyn Wilhelm, BA, MA, MS and author of environmental contentLearn more at www. HowToDoItFrugally.comFrom Modern History Press www. ModernHistoryPress.com

Carolyn Howard-Johnson picks the trip-you-up words that her clients struggle with and puts them in a quick reference guide light enough and small enough to be used as an quickie gift that the recipient can tuck into a glove compartment or purse to keep their homonym skills fresh and explains why following grammar rules assiduously isn't always the best choice for writers. "Carolyn Howard-Johnson has created something of unmatched value: usage advice that cuts through the contentious world of grammar to offer real help. Writers polishing their manuscripts and query letters will find Howard-Johnson's guide more useful than Strunk and White." -- JUNE CASAGRANDE, author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies (Penguin) and syndicated grammar columnist guru "That so much helpful advice is couched in such light-hearted, easy to read and entertaining prose is due to Howard-Johnson's abilities... " -- MAGDALENA BALL, founder and editor of The Compulsive Reader review "...it's editing books like this that help us get one step closer to writing, and speaking, clearly and succinctly. Five stars." -- DAWN COLCLASURE, author, 365 Tips for Writers "This book is a good investment for all writers, no matter how skilled and experienced they believe they are. And, if you believe you 'could care less, ' you really need this book." -- BOYD SUTTON, editor, Wisconsin Writer's Journal "From adapting/adopting to wreak/reek, this book is highly recommended reading for anyone preparing to write pretty much anything -- and a fascinating read in its own right for those who appreciate word-play and the occasionally encountered dilemmas of the English language " -- JIM COX, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review"This is a wonderful book that could be used as a reference book in secondary classrooms and writing groups. The book would also be handy during teacher-student writing conferences as a neutral way to discuss word use errors especially." -- CAROLYN WILHELM, curriculum writer, The Wise Owl Factory Learn more at www. HowToDoItFrugally.com From Modern History Press www. ModernHistoryPress.com LAN022000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Editing & Proofreading BUS011000 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Writing

Carolyn Howard-Johnson picks the trip-you-up words that her clients struggle with and puts them in a quick reference guide light enough and small enough to be used as an quickie gift that the recipient can tuck into a glove compartment or purse to keep their homonym skills fresh and explains why following grammar rules assiduously isn't always the best choice for writers. "Carolyn Howard-Johnson has created something of unmatched value: usage advice that cuts through the contentious world of grammar to offer real help. Writers polishing their manuscripts and query letters will find Howard-Johnson's guide more useful than Strunk and White." -- JUNE CASAGRANDE, author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies (Penguin) and syndicated grammar columnist guru "That so much helpful advice is couched in such light-hearted, easy to read and entertaining prose is due to Howard-Johnson's abilities... " -- MAGDALENA BALL, founder and editor of The Compulsive Reader review "...it's editing books like this that help us get one step closer to writing, and speaking, clearly and succinctly. Five stars." -- DAWN COLCLASURE, author, 365 Tips for Writers "This book is a good investment for all writers, no matter how skilled and experienced they believe they are. And, if you believe you 'could care less, ' you really need this book." -- BOYD SUTTON, editor, Wisconsin Writer's Journal "From adapting/adopting to wreak/reek, this book is highly recommended reading for anyone preparing to write pretty much anything -- and a fascinating read in its own right for those who appreciate word-play and the occasionally encountered dilemmas of the English language " -- JIM COX, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review"This is a wonderful book that could be used as a reference book in secondary classrooms and writing groups. The book would also be handy during teacher-student writing conferences as a neutral way to discuss word use errors especially." -- CAROLYN WILHELM, curriculum writer, The Wise Owl Factory Learn more at www. HowToDoItFrugally.com From Modern History Press www. ModernHistoryPress.com LAN022000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Editing & Proofreading BUS011000 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Writing

This booklet from Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor for nearly a decade, helps authors love the project they most love to hate--writing a book proposal. She has taken the guessing out of the book proposal process. Now there is no need to take expensive, time-consuming classes or spend hours reading a tome to find the voice and format that will propel an author's idea from a dream to reality. This slim book and thirty minutes will do it. Randy Eller, speaker and CEO of Eller Enterprises, says, "There is only one thing you need to learn from Carolyn Howard-Johnson to succeed...everything she says " "Marketing is never easy... Well, it might be if you follow the easy steps CarolynHoward-Johnson offers up in The Great First Impression Book Proposal: EverythingYou Need to Know About Selling Your Book in Thirty Minutes or Less. Howard-Johnson's bulleted lists are superior. They are easy to understand, easy to implement, and even easier to read. She means it when she says thirty minutes or less. I will recommend this book to all of our authors and potential authors." Georgia Jones, Editor in Chief, LadybugPress and NewVoices, Inc. This booklet is the result of multi award-winning author Carolyn Howard-Johnson's extensive work with clients who hate writing book proposals and hate learning how to write them even more. She found herself coaching them through the process rather than doing it for them, for who could possibly recreate the passion an author feels for his or her own book better than the author? In doing so, she found she had written a booklet--not a tome--that took her clients only about thirty minutes to absorb. Voila The Great First Impression Book Proposal was born. The HowToDoItFrugally Series from Modern History Press www. ModernHIstoryPress.com

This booklet from Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor for nearly a decade, helps authors love the project they most love to hate--writing a book proposal. She has taken the guessing out of the book proposal process. Now there is no need to take expensive, time-consuming classes or spend hours reading a tome to find the voice and format that will propel an author's idea from a dream to reality. This slim book and thirty minutes will do it. Randy Eller, speaker and CEO of Eller Enterprises, says, "There is only one thing you need to learn from Carolyn Howard-Johnson to succeed...everything she says " "Marketing is never easy... Well, it might be if you follow the easy steps CarolynHoward-Johnson offers up in The Great First Impression Book Proposal: EverythingYou Need to Know About Selling Your Book in Thirty Minutes or Less. Howard-Johnson's bulleted lists are superior. They are easy to understand, easy to implement, and even easier to read. She means it when she says thirty minutes or less. I will recommend this book to all of our authors and potential authors." Georgia Jones, Editor in Chief, LadybugPress and NewVoices, Inc. This booklet is the result of multi award-winning author Carolyn Howard-Johnson's extensive work with clients who hate writing book proposals and hate learning how to write them even more. She found herself coaching them through the process rather than doing it for them, for who could possibly recreate the passion an author feels for his or her own book better than the author? In doing so, she found she had written a booklet--not a tome--that took her clients only about thirty minutes to absorb. Voila The Great First Impression Book Proposal was born. The HowToDoItFrugally Series from Modern History Press www. ModernHIstoryPress.com

Two award-winning poets from two hemispheres collaborated on Sublime Planet, a book of poetry that honors life on earth and the universe. Part of the poets' Celebration Series, this one honors Earth Day. Writer Mary Guglielmo says, "they are poems about the human experience woven into the world we live in. This is a great read "Carolyn Howard-Johnson is listed on Poets & Writers' prestigious roster of poets and won the Franklin-Christoph prize for poetry and has been honored by Writer's Digest. Magdalena Ball's work is also widely published and is the owner of the esteemed Compulsive Reader review site.

As part of the Celebration Series of chapbooks, Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Magdalena Ball have produced a poetry chapbook focusing on fathers, husbands, and men in general." Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions" makes a wonderful gift for Father's Day or any time you want to say something unique to a special male in your life as only poetry can. The authors coauthor the series of chapbooks from two different hemispheres. Magdalena Ball, an Aussie, runs The Compulsive Reader. Her short stories, editorials, poetry, reviews, and articles have appeared in a wide number of printed anthologies and journals, and have won local and international awards for poetry and fiction. Magdalena holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from CCNY (New York), an MBA from Charles Sturt University (NSW), and has studied literature on a postgraduate level at Oxford University (UK) and marketing at Newcastle University (NSW). She lives in on a rural property in New South Wales with her husband and three children. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed novels "Black Cow" and "Sleep Before Evening," a nonfiction book "The Art of Assessment," and two poetry books, "Repulsion Thrust" and "Quark Soup." Carolyn Howard-Johnson lives in California. Her first novel, "This Is the Place," won eight awards. Her book of creative nonfiction, "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered," won three. She was an instructor for UCLA Extension's world-renown Writers' Program for nearly a decade and her HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers has been a staple for writers since the flagship book, "The Frugal Book Promoter," was published in 2004. A multi award-winner, the third edition is now published by Modern History Press and Bookbaby called it a "classic." Other titles in the series include "The Frugal Editor," "How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically," "The Great First Impression Book Proposal," and "Great Little Last Minute Edits for Writers." Her chapbook of poetry "Tracings" was named to the Compulsive Reader's Ten Best Reads list and was given the Military Writers' Society of America's Award of Excellence and her book of poetry, "Imperfect Echoes" was honored by Writer's Digest. Carolyn is the recipient of the California Legislature's Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment Award, Her community's Character and Ethics Committee awarded her work promoting tolerance with her writing and the Arts and Culture Commission gave her their coveted Diamond Award. She was named to Pasadena Weekly's list of fourteen "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen," and she qualified as a published poet for Poets & Writers' distinguished list.