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Reviews

By Les
Reviews

It would be an obvious statement to say that no one cares about your work as much as you do. I sent three manuscripts to semi-friendly editors. Here are the results: One third of the editors responded. About half of that one third responded to my follow-up questions. For those who have not responded...
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Be true to your characters

By Les
Be true to your characters

Once upon a time, someone wrote a trilogy. Many believe it should have been left alone as a trilogy. But the author decided (or agreed) to write just one more book to kind of finish up the story and tie up all the loose ends.
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Writing sensibly and repeating words

By Les
Writing sensibly and repeating words

Okay, time to pull my head out. I must have read this small excerpt half a dozen times before it caught my eye. I’m sure an editor or agent would have read that, rolled his or her eyes and put the manuscript back into the S.A.S.E.
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