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Editorial Services

January 25, 2010
by Emily Akin in

 

Article/Devotional Critique Service

Beginning writers who have attempted to get their work published without success might benefit from having their work critiqued by a published writer. I specialize in magazine articles and devotionals. Let me help you prepare your article or devotional for the market.

Fee: $20.00 per item described below:

  • Single article, 1000-1500 words
  • Group of devotionals, maximum of four, 250-300 words each.
  • Group of short articles, 500-600 words each, maximum of three.

Fee may be paid through Paypal or money order E-mail me at akinemily[a]gmail.com for submission and payment instructions. Please allow at least one week from the time I receive your work and payment until I return your critique.

Past Editing Experience

  • Publications Chairperson for Kentucky Christian Writers Conference, 2007-2008.
  • The Grapevine, monthly newsletter for the Eddie Cox Senior Center, published by France Printing, Union City, TN.
  • WestNetWorks, newsletter for WestNet, a leadership program for West Tennessee, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin and TVA.
  • The Profit Page, newsletter for Crop Production Services.
  • Editor of “Senior Grapevine” section, Hometown of the Ken-Tenn Area.

Promotion: First, a Tagline

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August 17, 2009
by emilyakin in

Who are you? A writer, you say? A writer who does editing on the side? Do you write fiction or nonfiction?

Before you can begin to promote your freelance writing, your editing, or your books, you must have a short answer to the above questions. When someone lands on your Web site or receives your business card, they need to know not only your name but also exactly what you do. You need a tagline.

The following links will take you to sites with excellent examples of taglines. Go to each site, and jot down your first impression. Then visit around on the site to see if the first impression was accurate.

Mary Yerkes: http://www.maryyerkes.com/

Katherine Swarts: http://www.spreadthewordcommercialwriting.com/default.htm

Virginia Smith: http://www.virginiasmith.org/

Jeanne Marie Leach: http://www.jeannemarieleach.com/

Tracy Ruckman: http://www.tracyruckman.com/

Brandilyn Collins: http://www.brandilyncollins.com/

James Scott Bell: http://www.jamesscottbell.com/

Steve Hutson: http://www.hutsonbooks.com/editorial

Kathy Davis: http://www.closerlookproofreading.com/

Tiffany Colter: http://www.writingcareercoach.com/

Did you check all of them? If not, you can come back and do it later. Now, do you have a tagline? If not, get to work on it right away.

When I first began writing for publication, my site URL was www.writingontarget.com. My tagline was: “On time and on target.” Since I write mostly for magazines in the Christian market, I thought I would impress editors with my dependability as a writer. However, I did not do any market testing on that tagline. One editor told me that he thought it sounded like I ran a writing service for businesses. The business-like air of my promotional materials did not say “Christian market” to him.

I have since changed my URL to www.emilyakin.com, but I kept the old URL, and it points to the new one. I am still casting about for a new tagline. If you’d like to take a look at my site and make a recommendation, feel free. I will be holding a drawing for a free Christian novel on August 28th. Comment on this blog before noon on the 28th to enter the drawing.

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