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4 More Essential Rules of Writing a Great Query Letter

By Ugur Akinci | March 17, 2014

(Copyright-free photo by Nicolas Cool at Unsplash dot com) 1) Use all UPPER CASE LETTERS for the name of your book. Use italics for other book titles. Most professional agents and editors expect you to use ALL CAPS when referring to your own work. For example: “Dear Pat Brown, 101 WAYS TO POWER-UP YOUR WRITING…

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How to Display Dynamic Pop-Up Menus in MS Word 2007

By Ugur Akinci | March 12, 2014

© Ugur Akinci MS Word will display pop-up menus dynamically when you select any document component and press Shift + F10 The content of the pop-up menu that displays will differ from one component to another. For example, if you select plain text and press Shift + F10, this is the kinf od pop-up menu…

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3 Essential Rules of Writing a Great Query Letter

By Ugur Akinci | March 10, 2014

(Copyright-free photo by Ruthson Zimmerman at Unsplash-dot-com) © Ugur Akinci 1) Never ever send a query letter which opens with one of the following phrases: To Whom It May Concern, Dear Agent, Dear Editor, Dear Sir or Madam, Etc. If you do not know the name of the person that you’d like to represent you or…

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How to Apply CHICAGO Style Bibliography Citation

By Ugur Akinci | March 5, 2014

(Copyright-free photo courtesy of unsplash-dot-com) Bibliography is an important part of every thesis, academic essay, article, or book that requires substantiation of the claims made in the work. Every student and researcher should know how to write a book bibliography. Why? Because a bibliography provides the reference against which the truth value of the statements…

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