Category: On writing
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Review of Why Will Nobody Publish My Novel by Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon dispenses practical advice in this guide for rejected writers. I haven’t written a novel but I have had a few short stories rejected and thought I’d get ahead of the game by reading this. I don’t regret it – this was some of the best advice I’ve read to revise a story that
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Review of “writers on writing vol 1”
This book consists of essays from successful authors including Brian Hodge and Shirley Jackson. Each essay contains the most useful piece of advice the author can give a new writer and they are indeed useful. It was a quick and entertaining read with some solid gold advice, but for a speedy summary and my own
Lisa Rodrigues 