LUCKY GARLAND

 

 

 

Hi Everyone,

We here at Livingtree Media,  hope that your April is going strong.

We offered eariler this month to discount our usual editing prices and this was a great success. And now that it is tax time we are going to slash our editing costs to $8 a page.

Now that REALLY is a cost savings to you the writer!

Email us at: livingtreemedia@gmail.com

or Robin at: rgarland.livingtreemedia@gmail.com.

Be sure to visit our sister site at: www.livingtreemedia.com

Keep on writing!

Happy Easter Season.

Spring is Robin’s favorite time of the year.

And because she appreciates having a roof over her head, good health, and two rescue cats that wake her up every morning — she is going to offer for the rest of April a substantial discount from $14.00 a double-spaced  page to $11.00 double-spaced page to those who email her for her editing services and creative observations.

Email her at: rgarland.livingtreemedia@gmail.com

Or visit: www.livingtreemedia.com

May you all have a joyous month.

Happy writing!

Happy April!

Ms. Garland was interviewed by  Blogger:  Raychelle Muhamad

Here is the link: http://www.raychelle-writes.blogspot.com/2012/03/writer-block-interviews-robin-garland.html

Happy Reading.

Hi everyone,

Boy what a busy season. But I wanted to share the interview article published this month in

The Writer Magazine. Caroline Leavitt tells how she uses her fears in plot   twists and character traits in her writing. A New York Times Best Selling Author 2012, I am very proud of this article.

Pick up a copy at The Writer’s websiste:  www.thewritermag.com

Whew… I have been dutifully busy trying to make connections with publishers who buy family saga/romance/westerns (and they’re not many) in hopes of getting representation, as well as being noticed for my original children’s series.

This is not as easy as we might think. And even though I believe my novel is a very good story with great memorable characters… it is getting past they’re first reservations with  a storyline of this nature.

In today’s economy Publishers are hard pressed. Do they take a chance on a new author? or stay with the authors they all ready represent? The answer to that is the question is one I am still trying to figure out. I am a hopeful person and since my childhood it has been a dream of mine to have at least one of my books published by a major publisher.

So here I am doing what needs to be done. Progress may be slow but I am still making progress.

On a positive note a member of the Scriptwriter’s Network Paul Myerberg reviewed one of my script analysis of one of the scripts I reviewed for Scriptwriter’s Network and he said of my work:

Hi Robin,

Nice work. Supportive with enough specifics and suggestions.

Thanks,

Paul

I do have another one of my interview articles coming out in The Writer Magazine this March 2012. Be sure to pick up a copy and read my article with Caroline Leavitt New York Times Best Selling Author.

In the meantime I have adapted my family saga novel into a screenplay of the same name. Ideas keep popping into my head so fast I have a writing-tablet at my bedside in order for me to write these ideas down.

Keep writing.

Robin

My, my — hasn’t this year flown by. So many projects…, so little time.

I hope this year showed you that with a little effort much can be accomplished.

I am truly grateful that I did not succumb to negative thinking and give up, especially with writing. With all the publishing markets being more cautious and not accepting new or too many projects, it was hard to have a wait-and-see attitude.

It is my desire that 2012 will be a block buster year for all of us. I hope you and your families will be blessed with wondrous good health and prosperity.

My prayers go out to each one of you.

Have a safe Holiday Season.

Robin Garland

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Tanglewood books for children

Well, these last three weeks have been about updating from Dreamweaver CS3 to CS5.5.

I have forgotten how complex this can get when trying to create or update a new website. So after several near misses… I am now in the process of uploading files and pictures and debugging all the small issues I might have missed.

While I have been doing this, I am also beginning a new novel – the second story in a family saga series I created.

I love it! If I could spend all my days writing and creating I would be in heaven although I don’t know how the mortgage would get paid. Ha-ha!

Till next time, stay warm and keep writing.

Oh yes, the website I am updating is: livingtreemedia.com

Hi everyone:

I have read screenplays all year-long and doing story analysis for writer’s. One thing I get asked is do you write screenplays or can you adapt my novel into a screenplay for me.

The answers is: YES.

So if you are interested in having your novel, manuscript, or works in progress adapted into a screenplay –  send an email to livingtreemedia(at)gmail.com with the particulars or visit: livingtreemedia.com (by the way this website is currently being updated) and I will respond in kind with a specific quote for writing your screenplay.

Have a glorious day,

R.

We hope all is well with everyone.

We’ve gotten a lot of editing requests… good. But when quoting an author please be advised – all the time it takes to edit a manuscript. We check for spelling, run-on sentences, plot, crises points, formatting error’s etc.  And because we pride ourselves in due diligence our average fee is around $12 to 14 dollars a page. When you consider the detailed editing comments back on your manuscript we feel it is well worth the price.

We also understand the  economy is not too great and are willing to work with you, however please understand the detailed work involved to make sure your written words are being properly used and your manuscript is the best it can be.

Till next time… keep writing!

visit us at: www.livingtreemedia.com
or email at: livingtreemedia@gmail.com

I hope all is well with everyone. Have you notices things finally breaking lose in the world and jobs opening up?

I decided to reinvent my old children’s stories and have rewritten and renamed the first book in the Tanglewood series.

Also I have signed up for an art class. I want to be able to draw the illustrations in my books. So far the instructor is having us draw boxes… don’t laugh. This freehand drawing class is a lot more difficult that it looks. Try it and you’ll agree.

The one thing I am finding out from my editing clients’ writing –  is that they are making a lot of run-on sentences. Try using six to eight words in any given sentence. Also I always tell everyone to buy a $39 dollar software program called Visual Thesaurus. It is the best investment I have ever made.  Use one or two choice words to describe your plot or setting instead of five. Hope this helps?

Until the next time. Keep on writing!