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Questions
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Should I register the copyright for my book? Any hints on using multiple viewpoints in my writing? How do AOL users quote replies in email? How do I find a good ghostwriter? What do you know about the Writer's Digest Associate Program courses? What's the difference between Chicago Style and business style? Can I approach an agent about a book I've already self-published? Can a disclaimer keep me out of legal trouble? How can I become a book doctor? Should I show my draft to my agent for his/her suggestions? What's your opinion on those travel-writing courses? Any suggestions on getting past writer's block? What I can do now in order to obtain a job as a copy editor? How can I tell when I'm "telling?" How can I find a publisher for my nonfiction book? What's with the new rule about spacing only once after a period? What does it mean if a publisher says my book has "problems?" As a coauthor, do I have a right to share in a book's profits? I'm having a problem converting present-tense sections of my novel to past tense. Any hints? Can I use real live celebrities as characters in my novel without their permission? How do I locate a good book distributor who will get our books into bookstores? A literary agency just returned my manuscript, saying I need to use a book doctor. Are they trying to scam me? Can writers reveal their convictions in their stories? What are the do's and don'ts of query letters? What copyright laws apply to recipes? Is it okay to send query letters to more than one publisher at the same time? Do I always have to send a query letter and outline?

Bobbie Christmas, The Book Doctor, examines and cures ailing manuscripts.