101 Tips on Writing and Selling Your First Novel: Quick, common sense tips on getting organized,

by Prudy Taylor Board

101 Tips on Writing and Selling Your First Novel takes you from the baby steps of getting organized to full-blown marketing with well-written, well-organized, information-packed pages that have even the 'greenest' of writers submitting a professional and polished manuscript for publication. Ms. Taylor's readers will be empowered with confidence, having the knowledge that all their bases are covered when submitting their first, and subsequent, novels for publication.-Ingrid Taylor, Small Press Review"As a novice writer, you must have a good grasp of the basics, and now it's here! Not only will 101 TIPS show you how to write, but once your book is ready, how to sell. Allow yourself to be one of the very small percentage of writers who approach agents, editors, and publishers, in a professional manner, with your work ready to be seen!"-Babs Lakey, Publisher, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, www.fmam.biz "For years I have been struggling with a novel in progress. Prudy Taylor Board's worksheet pages, calendars, making the characters alive and functioning, have all helped me see my novel as a living, moving, productive vehicle. Every writer should have this book and every workshop facilitator should use it as a textbook. It is the most complete "trip ticket" for writers I have come across in 40 years of writing." -Virginia B. Elliott, Naples, Florida

190 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2003

About the author

A Grave Injustice published in October 2007 by Archebooks is Delray Beach resident Prudy Taylor Boards most recent novel. She has had three other novels published: Murder a la Carte, in hard cover from Archebooks and paperback from Harlequin Worldwide Mysteries; Blood Legacy from PocketBooks; and The Vow from Leisure Books. Prudy is also the author of 101 Tips on Writing and Selling Your first Novel. In addition, she has taught creative writing, lectured and conducted writing workshops throughout the United States and in Canada. Prudys next novel, The Deadly Cleaver second in the Recipes for Murder series, is due out in 2008.

As a freelance journalist, she has had more than a thousand articles published in regional and national magazines. She edited The Fiction Writer, a magazine for writers distributed nationally and was the managing editor of two regional magazines Lee Living and Home Condo. In Palm Beach Gardens, she was managing editor of Dartnell Corporations sales publications, personally editing Sell!ng and Sales and Marketing Executive Report.

The History of Oceanside Country Club in Ormond Beach which came out in October 2007 is Prudys thirteenth history written for Donning Company Publishers and her eighteenth published book. Her first, Lee County: A Pictorial History, was published by Donning in 1985. Recent books for Donning include The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, SC; The History of Dania Beach, Florida: 100 Years of Pioneer Spirit; The History of Barry University, Miami, Florida; One Mans Vision: The History of the Port Royal Club, Naples, Florida; Venice (Florida) Through the Years; The Renaissance Vinoy, St. Petersburgs (Florida) Crown Jewel; and Mending Minds, Healing Hearts: The History of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. In 2006, The History Press in Charleston, SC published her Remembering Fort Myers: The City of Palms and Remembering Lee County: Where Summer Spends the Winger.

Prudy was born in Fort Myers, Florida. She attended Stetson University, graduated from the University of Florida and has devoted much of her professional life to preserving the history of her beloved state. She works as a project editor with Taylor and Francis Publishing in Boca Raton.
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