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Author: Laura Golden Bellotti

Writer and ghostwriter of nonfiction books, and developmental/conceptual editor, Laura Bellotti began her career as an editor at Jeremy P. Tarcher (now an imprint of Penguin), where she acquired and edited the bestselling Women Who Love Too Much. View her profile.
Do You Need a Developmental Editor?
Writing & Editing Process

Do You Need a Developmental Editor?

ByLaura Golden Bellotti October 1, 2022September 30, 2022

A developmental editor can guide you toward a final manuscript that successfully reflects your ideas, insight, and authorial voice.

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Are You Ready to Write That Nonfiction Book?
Writing & Editing Process

Are You Ready to Write That Nonfiction Book?

ByLaura Golden Bellotti January 9, 2020February 15, 2022

A simple-sounding "10-5-1" plan can help you finally get started on that nonfiction book you've been thinking of writing.

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What to Look for in a Ghostwriter
Writing & Editing Process

What to Look for in a Ghostwriter

ByLaura Golden Bellotti March 5, 2018March 23, 2022

How do you go about choosing the right ghostwriter for your project?

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So… What's Your Book About?
Writing & Editing Process

So… What's Your Book About?

ByLaura Golden Bellotti June 10, 2016February 15, 2022

Learn why it's important to home in on your book's core subject.

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Writing & Editing Process

Writing the First Sentence

ByLaura Golden Bellotti January 18, 2014

When you fill a blank page with your first sentence it can feel like a minor miracle. From nothing: something. From too many ideas about how to begin your essay, novel, nonfiction book, you home in on one and make your initial authorial decision. You may change that first sentence dozens of times, but by...

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For the Love of Writing

Writer's High

ByLaura Golden Bellotti October 8, 2012

My drug of choice in college was Vitamin B-1. An allegedly healthy version of speed, it not only kept me up all night so I could meet an English Lit deadline—it kept me way up: enthused, imaginative, eloquent, ultra-brilliant. Or so I thought. One night, through my B-1 eyes, my Daniel Defoe essay became downright...

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Publishing Industry

Kindle: Friend or Foe - Cuddling Up With My Kindle

ByLaura Golden Bellotti April 29, 2012

I was the last person in Los Angeles to get a microwave. I only use my cell phone for outgoing calls. I forget how to access the Netflix and Hulu features on my Roku system. I don't know how to use my husband's food processor or my son's GPS. I waited until 2010 to buy...

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