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Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing

Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing

Read this book before you publish your book. Veteran editor gives insider secrets nobody ever tells new authors about writing and editing a book.

2021

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The Writing Cooperative

As a Matter of Fact, Facts Matter

Why fact checking should be your first and last steps

5 min readApr 22, 2021

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As a Matter of Fact, Facts Matter

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Sandra Wendel
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The Writing Cooperative

When Right Seems Wrong

What to do when the correct grammar just doesn’t sound right

4 min readMar 29, 2024

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When Right Seems Wrong

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Sandra Wendel
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The Writing Cooperative

Why Do You Want to Write a Book?

Why Do You Want to Write a Book?

5 min readFeb 29, 2024

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Why Do You Want to Write a Book?

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Sandra Wendel
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The Writing Cooperative

Between the Lines

A Book Editor’s Not-So-Secret Secrets (to Help Authors Be Successful)

4 min readJan 25, 2024

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Between the Lines

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Sandra Wendel
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The Startup

Why Do Some Books Win Awards (and Yours Doesn’t)?

Award-Winning Secrets from a Book Award Judge

7 min readOct 10, 2023

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Why Do Some Books Win Awards (and Yours Doesn’t)?

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Sandra Wendel

Medium Day: Stuff Writers Write That Makes Editors (and Readers) Cringe

Here is the YouTube link to this presentation

2 min readAug 9, 2023

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Medium Day: Stuff Writers Write That Makes Editors (and Readers) Cringe

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Sandra Wendel
in
The Startup

‘Have a nice day!’ and Other Stupid Stuff We Say Every Single Day

Are trite phrases becoming the new punctuation for conversations?

3 min readJun 18, 2023

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‘Have a nice day!’ and Other Stupid Stuff We Say Every Single Day

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Sandra Wendel
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The Startup

Oops, Did You Add These Essential Sections to Your Book Before Your Edit?

Only if you want to write a commercial-quality nonfiction book

11 min readMay 14, 2023

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Oops, Did You Add These Essential Sections to Your Book Before Your Edit?

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Sandra Wendel
in
The Writing Cooperative

Even More Stuff Writers Write That Makes Editors Cringe

Your Favorite Blunders Explained So You Won’t Write Like an Amateur

6 min readApr 23, 2023

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Even More Stuff Writers Write That Makes Editors Cringe

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Sandra Wendel
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The Startup

Should we be concerned that AI is taking over writing?

Guess who wrote this post?

4 min readApr 1, 2023

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Should we be concerned that AI is taking over writing?

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Sandra Wendel

Sandra Wendel

1.94K Followers

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A picky nonfiction editor who helps authors write, polish, and publish their books. Author: Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing.

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