publishing
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What is an ARC?
ARC stands for Advanced Reader Copy. It’s the stage when the book is in its nearly final, polished form. Right now, I’m working on my book galleys. Once all the edits have been addressed, an ARC will become available to early readers who agree to read the book for free and post a review before
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So What Are Book Galleys?
This week I received the galleys for my psychological thriller, THEY’RE WATCHING, from my publisher. With approximately six months until my book comes out in January of 2027, we are now in the process of getting the manuscript out of a Word document and into a book format. So what exactly are galleys? Galleys are
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The Pitch That Got Me A Book Deal
Successful Pitches 2. They’re Watching by Jacqueline McMahon, coming next year at Creative James Media When the wind turbines next to her family’s acreage start communicating with her mentally distraught daughter, a protective mother with her own experience hearing the turbine’s voices must bargain with them in the hopes of protecting her family from the
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The Hard Truths about Traditional Publishing
So I have finally finished revising my horror novel, “They’re Watching”, and a friend and I are proofreading the final version so that it’s ready when I start querying agents in the next few weeks. Since I have decided to try the traditional publishing route first, I am settling in for the long but hopeful