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Got a Nanowrimo draft ready to edit?
Sitting on a first draft because you’re not sure it’s good enough?
Worry not! Help is at hand.
Get the skinny on giving your novel PTQ (page turning quality)
This guide gets straight down to the nitty-gritty, with minimal preliminaries. What are the most common problems? How do you fix them? It’s as simple as don’t do that, do this.
Straight from the shoulder easy to follow advice from an author of more than 30 published novels and years of teaching, assessing and critiquing manuscripts.
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Elizabeth Bailey
I grew up in Africa on a diet of unconventional parents, theatre and Georgette Heyer. Eventually I went into acting and trod the boards in England until the writing bug got me, when I changed to teaching and directing while penning historical romances and edgy women’s fiction. My 8 year apprenticeship ended with publication by Mills & Boon, and 18 historicals. Latterly I had two historical mysteries published by Berkley and I’m hoping to release more Lady Fan novels. Meanwhile, it’s wonderful to be able to return to my first love and put out new and old releases in ebook.
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