For Success<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
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Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nHow to:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nProtect Your Writing Drafts <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Drafts\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Published Work\u00a0 Listings<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nDevelop your Archives<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nAchieve Success<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
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#1_ <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
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Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
Official Author Website<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nHow to:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nProtect Your Writing Drafts <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Drafts\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Published Work\u00a0 Listings<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nDevelop your Archives<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nAchieve Success<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#1_ <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nHow to:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nProtect Your Writing Drafts <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Drafts\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Published Work\u00a0 Listings<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nDevelop your Archives<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nAchieve Success<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#1_ <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
Protect Your Writing Drafts <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Drafts\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nSave your Published Work\u00a0 Listings<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nDevelop your Archives<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nAchieve Success<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#1_ <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
Save your Published Work\u00a0 Listings<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nDevelop your Archives<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nAchieve Success<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#1_ <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
Achieve Success<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#1_ <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Create a way to write and save your work. Where will you begin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nI begin by selecting the technologies I will use.<\/p>\n
Because of a visual impairment, I must use a magnifier program with speech.<\/p>\n
I use \u00a0ZoomText with speech reader to read my documents to me as I am writing or reviewing them.<\/p>\n
You need to choose your program that works best for you. I do everything in a Word document. It is universal and most editors want to get your work in a WORD document.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nSAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
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Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
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SAVE your writings in several places<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nPlease remember to SAVE\u00a0 your writings in several places. You don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way after you have lost or misplaced it.<\/p>\n
You never know when you will have an accident of some kind that could erase your document, or even misplace it where you can’t find it.<\/p>\n
Make back-up copies of the files and put in different folders.<\/p>\n
Make a MAIN FOLDER.<\/p>\n
This is the folder that you will \u00a0work from every time you are writing.\u00a0 Get into the habit of using this one folder where you can put all of your documents in their own files. Nice and safe!<\/p>\n
I keep that FOLDER on my desktop for easy access. The label on my folder is: BOOKS.<\/p>\n
Every book I am working on, and every book that I’ve completed is in that ONE FOLDER.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, when I’ve completed my updates or revisions, I save that file in\u00a0\u00a0my DESKTOP \u00a0folder. I don’t have to go on a hunting expedition to find it when I put it right there on my DESKTOP. Make it EASY for yourself to FIND.<\/p>\n
Once saved in that main folder, I also do the “Save As” function to several other folders in different locations.<\/p>\n
Those would be my back-up copies in an emergency.<\/p>\n
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I also save them to Dropbox and on a flash drive. But, I don’t use the flash drive a lot – I get them mixed up and then I don’t know where the latest copies are. I don’t deal well with little fussy things like this.\u00a0 I know my limits of patience. Plus, my dog chewed up one of them and the cats like to play with them. Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
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#3<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
Create\u00a0\u00a0Physical \u00a0Archive for Published Writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nChoose a place in your office where you can store a copy of your books, or other publications such as literary journals and magazines.<\/p>\n
As you continue on in your writing career, you will have your work published.\u00a0 Be sure to keep a physical copy of each publication that published your writing.<\/p>\n
It can be a special shelf or it can be in a container.<\/p>\n
Mine are kept in a large container that fits under a table in my office. Every published work I’ve had is in that large container that is dust free and keeps the publications clean and safe.<\/p>\n
I began keeping this physical archive \u00a0in 1985. This is when I started getting \u00a0published because I was working on my BFA degree at a university at this time.\u00a0 My first works were published in the university English Department literary magazines.\u00a0 As I continued on in my academic education, I had work published in a number of other venues.\u00a0 This was the beginning of my physical archive and it is the one I continue to use to this day.\u00a0 The only difference is that I now need a much larger container than I did in those early years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I store hard copies of each book and literary journal where one of my writings appeared. I keep the hard copies in my office for easy access. I can locate any of those publications when needed. It is not unusual to have to consult them many times during the year. My earliest writings are archived in the books that published my academic essays presented at conferences, as well as newspapers and literary magazines while doing 3 degrees over a 12-year period. The archive includes my published thesis project which is a book.\u00a0\u00a0 These early publications are consulted at times when I need to trace back to the beginnings of ideas in my work.<\/p>\n
When \u00a0my writing is \u00a0published, I keep a hard copy of the book or periodical in this one place.<\/p>\n
You will be amazed at how often, in time, you must go into that archive to check on something printed long ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, an editor wanted me to give some examples in an essay she wants to print. \u00a0I spent two days searching through my archives to provide the information I needed in response to her question.\u00a0\u00a0There will be times when you will \u00a0trace back through your previous publications\u00a0 to find the historical context to support your \u00a0thoughts. Because of your archived work,\u00a0 you will \u00a0find \u00a0the answers you need.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The other thing this physical archive does for you is to give you a snapshot of your career as a writer.\u00a0 Sometimes, you may think you have not accomplished much.\u00a0 But, when you open your box and look at the stacks of materials where your work is printed, you will know you are successful and it is satisfying to see your progress over the years in this way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In addition, I print out a paper copy of everything at specific points so that if everything cyber went south, I’d at least have a hard copy.<\/p>\n
I keep a print copy in a folder labelled with the title of the particular book.<\/p>\n
When my draft is complete, I run out a final copy and save it in that folder.<\/p>\n
I hope this is helpful to all who are in various stages of writing.<\/p>\n
#4<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\nCreate\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
Create\u00a0\u00a0A document file to Archive Published writings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
This will be invaluable to you when you need to know \u00a0where your piece was first published,<\/p>\n
You need to provide information on the \u00a0publication of your work when you submit it to editors. If this work was published they need to know that.\u00a0 Some editors will not print a work that was previously published and others don’t mind but they both want to know it up front.<\/p>\n
If the work was already published, they will need to note that when they publish it again.\u00a0 Records are important for you and for your publisher and editor.<\/p>\n
You also need to know where the piece was first published when you are creating your Acknoledgments Page in you book.\u00a0 If you have not kept good records, it will be a nightmare to find that information when you need it.\u00a0 Be prepared to provide all previous publications of every work you have in your archives.\u00a0 This will show the editor that you are a professional and serious about working together for a good publisher\/writer team.<\/p>\n
Create \u00a03 files for this information. <\/span><\/h3>\nThis works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\nFile 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n
File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n
File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Get Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\nyour writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n
Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n
This works very well for me and I think it will for you also.<\/span><\/p>\n File 1: Writings \u00a0Published by Year<\/p>\n File 2: Writings \u00a0Published by Title<\/p>\n File 3: Writings Listed by Title ( Put work in alphabetical order and include year you wrote it with this listing.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Make sure you have a back-up paper copy of your files stored on the computer. You never know when MAYHEM will strike.\u00a0 This is your insurance PLAN for SUCCESS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright November 8, 2020. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n Contact Lynda and please share happiness – Share this post with your Friends.<\/p>\n Who is???\u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\nGet Organized and Watch <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
your writing business blossom!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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