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1933523131
ISBN-13:
9781933523132
PUB. DATE:
April 2006
PUBLISHER:
Bella Rosa Books

Don'T Murder Your Mystery by Chris Roerden

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Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning up D.by Anonymous

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From the beginning of this immensely insightful writing manual, Chris Roerden focuses on what it takes to write novels that will survive both an agent?s and a publisher?s screening process. I spent a couple of years in the early 1990s reading the slush pile at two nearby publishing houses, and I can affirm Roerden?s statement that the vast majority of manuscripts submitted to agents and presses are...

Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning up D.by Anonymous

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No mystery author should be without this book. It is chock full of examples and information needed for writing mysteries. Editors should use it as well. She touches on just about every aspect of mystery writing. She gives lots of examples from published mystery writers and explains in layman?s terms the do?s and don?ts. This is not just another how-to book. It is geared specifically for mysteries....

Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning up D.by Anonymous

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I've been writing for over 10 yrs and I don't write mysteries. For years I've attended classes and conferences. I've read dozens of how-to books and bushels of writers' magazines,but I learned from this book. It's basic enough for beginners, thorough and deep enough for seasoned writers, and humorous enough to read just for fun?the best how-to I've read.

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