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Beth Kendrick’s chick lit novels are always light, fun and easy to read (my reviews of The Pre-Nup and Nearlyweds), and Second Time Around was no exception. I love how Kendrick can develop solid and sympathetic characters in a short amount of time. It’s easy to fall in love with the four women in this
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Before you even begin writing your novel, you need to know who your characters will be. Minimally, you would want two major characters, the hero and the heroine. They will interact mostly with each o…
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Normally a book proposal is for non-fiction. non-fiction proposal includes an outline, author biography, and perhaps the first and the best chapter. Book publishers are used to the format, and your proposal will join hundreds of others in their stack of projects to consider. It’s hard work being a publisher. Fiction is normally presented in complete manuscripts, and the sorting tasks for publishers can be brutal, for themselves and the author. It’s time to help book publishing catch up with society and find a more effective way to get quality works into the hands of eager readers. Particularly important is getting your quality works in front of the maximum number of people that will appreciate them.
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Broken by Travis Thrasher As a teenager Laila was wild and in spite of a wealthy loving family, she goes down a dark road that leads to gang rape. Despondent she leaves her small Texas hometown for Chicago where she becomes a high priced escort. One night her client gets too violent and Laila shoots
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So many books are published each week that is often hard to decide which books to read. If you are like me, I read about 500 books a year (yes I said 500). You may already have a number of authors that you follow and they may or may not put out enough material for you to keep up with. I follow about 43 authors and they cannot keep up with me.
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The God Engines by John Scalzi “It was time to whip the god,” opens John Scalzi’s The God Engines. I immediately went pale. Remembering that the first chapter of The Android’s Dream was one extended fart joke, all I could think was, Please, no, don’t let this be a masturbation scene. Nothing doing. Very little of
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White Tiger (Dark Heavens Trilogy) by Kylie Chan This book, the first of a trilogy first published in Australia in 2006, is a refreshing change to the many, many, many usual urban fantasy novels around at the moment. Though there are no vampires, it is a rip-roaring contemporary tale of mortals, Gods and Chinese mythology.
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Beautiful Dead Book 1: Jonas by Eden Maguire Beautiful Dead is the first book in a series created by Eden Maguire. The premise of the series is the fact that four teenagers have been killed, from Ellerton High, within a year. Two girls and two boys – all of whom were well liked. In this
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Too often a non-fiction ready-to-go book manuscript really isn’t ready to go–yet. Whether it’s self-published, going through ancillary publishing, or a “big house” has given it the “go-ahead,” it needs one last no-nonsense review (and maybe some adjustment) before it’s launched. Here, a veteran book editor and publisher tells where to look before investing lots of money or time in a “masterpiece” that still needs help.
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In many writing articles and references, you will be strongly advised to outline your novel. However, be aware that outlining is largely a waste of time without this important requisite. This article will show you how to avoid the author’s biggest mistake.
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi