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The Author's Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing Your Book

For everyone who has ever been told, “You should write a book,” but has no idea how to get started, here is an essential, no-nonsense guide to every step of the writing and publishing process.

In The Author’s Toolkit, veteran writer, editor, and book doctor Mary Embree provides readers with an all-inclusive lesson on what it takes to create, develop, and promote both fiction and nonfiction books — from nurturing the seeds of a book idea, to outlining the flow of the book itself, to taking the finished manuscript to possible publishers. She details the fundamentals of the creative process — such as how to delineate characters, organize the plot, find the “hook,” and avoid common writing pitfalls — and provides detailed guidance on such practical business matters as registering copyrights, understanding contracts, seeking literary agents, publishing electronically, creating a professional-looking manuscript, promoting and marketing the finished book, and much more.

Aspiring and veteran writers will also discover a wealth of real-world resources, including leads for professional advice, information on writers’ websites and publications, listings of writers’ organizations, and much more. Handy, to-the-point, and organized in a straightforward step-by-step format, The Author’s Toolkit is a resource no author should be without.

• Details the entire process of writing a book: from the basic idea to the finished manuscript

• Provides a wide range of resources

for writers, such as publications, web- sites, writers’ groups, and more

• Concise, easy-to-follow, and filled with valuable information for both beginning and veteran writers

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 192
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781581152609
  • Genres
  • writing, reference
  • Release date
  • 2003