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Write and Sell your Novel
by Marina Oliver

All you need to know to write and sell your own novel can be found in this updated third edition, from how to start writing, honing your work with other writers through to the process of publication.

It includes lists of names and addresses for publishers, author contacts and resources.

Marina Oliver is a prolific writer in her own right and here shares some of her knowledge with both the beginner and accomplished writer in mind.

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Writing The Modern Mystery
by Barbara Norville

Norville describes the most popular styles of mysteries, discusses plotting, character development, and background, and tells how to prepare and submit a manuscript.

A common failing amongst new writers was, not surprisingly, is inexperience. Norville was a Mystery editor for ten years at Simon & Schuster and in a career of more than 20 years turned many authors into professional writers.

She developed a set of blueprints to ease the way, and this book is a distillation of those blueprints.

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Writing the Novel from Plot to Print
by Lawrence Block

Block is a hugely successful writer of crime novels and for some years was a columnist with Writers Digest in the USA.

Here he chats openly about the work of a crime writer as seen through his own experiences.

The book offers aspiring novelists guidelines for developing plot ideas, characters, and the storyline as well as rewriting the manuscript, finding a literary agent, and getting work published.

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