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Write & Sell Your Novel: The Beginner's Guide to Writing for Publication
If you want to write a novel, the second edition of this popular handbook is the guide you need. Step by step it shows you how to get started, how to create compelling characters, plots and subplots, and whose viewpoint to tell your story from. There are tips on how to prepare your work for submission, who to send it to and an overview of the whole publishing process. Don't start writing without it Marina Oliver has published over 30 novels, historical and contemporary, and lectures widely on writing.
- GenresNonfiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
About the author
Marina Oliver
101 books3 followersMarina Oliver was born in 1934. She graduated from Keele University in Politics and Economics.
Marina started published historical romances, in 1974, at Robert Hale, and since 1977 also under the pseudonym of Sally James. In 1981, she published a novel as Donna Hunt at Minstrel Books. Since 1983, she uses de penname Bridget Thorn. In 1992, she also published a novel as Vesta Hathaway and in 2000 as Laura Hart. She has published more than fifty novels under her name and her pseudonyms, plus half a dozen non-fiction books. Her novels are historical romances as well as twentieth-century sagas, contemporary romances and crime. She has edited her own quarterly magazine, and also many books and newsletters, mainly for educational organisations.
Marina was elected the sixteenth Chairman (1992-1993) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, edited its Newsletter for 3 years, and now has been elected a Vice-President and runs the R.N.A. New Writer's Scheme. She reads for and judges short story competitions, reviews historical novels, and has done appraisals for (among others) a prestigious Regional Arts board.
Married with Chris, they had four children, Jackie, Debbie, Cindy and Simon, and several grandchildren, Marina now splits her time between rural Shropshire and Madeira.
Marina started published historical romances, in 1974, at Robert Hale, and since 1977 also under the pseudonym of Sally James. In 1981, she published a novel as Donna Hunt at Minstrel Books. Since 1983, she uses de penname Bridget Thorn. In 1992, she also published a novel as Vesta Hathaway and in 2000 as Laura Hart. She has published more than fifty novels under her name and her pseudonyms, plus half a dozen non-fiction books. Her novels are historical romances as well as twentieth-century sagas, contemporary romances and crime. She has edited her own quarterly magazine, and also many books and newsletters, mainly for educational organisations.
Marina was elected the sixteenth Chairman (1992-1993) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, edited its Newsletter for 3 years, and now has been elected a Vice-President and runs the R.N.A. New Writer's Scheme. She reads for and judges short story competitions, reviews historical novels, and has done appraisals for (among others) a prestigious Regional Arts board.
Married with Chris, they had four children, Jackie, Debbie, Cindy and Simon, and several grandchildren, Marina now splits her time between rural Shropshire and Madeira.
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June 29, 2016
I borrowed this from the library and glad I did that rather than buying it.
I previously read another 'how to write a novel' book and much prefer that one.
This book is okay but says to do the opposite to some things other books I've read have said.
it was nice to see the opinions of other writers in parts of this book.
If you are a beginner writer then I would read this book because although you might not agree with everything the author says, it's nice to hear from different POVs
I previously read another 'how to write a novel' book and much prefer that one.
This book is okay but says to do the opposite to some things other books I've read have said.
it was nice to see the opinions of other writers in parts of this book.
If you are a beginner writer then I would read this book because although you might not agree with everything the author says, it's nice to hear from different POVs
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