The 101 habits of highly successful novelists : insider secrets from top writers / Andrew McAleer.

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I know too many people who've spent months working over the first chapter of the projected novel. That's wrong. Get it down. Bumble it through. Tell the story. --Mary Higgins Clark, bestselling author of Where Are the Children? The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists focuses on the behaviors necessary to succeed in the dog-eat-dog world of fiction writing. The book asks those who are already doing it how they practice their craft. Readers will learn how to adopt those habits on their quest to become novelists. The book will inspire, nourish, and provide the needed kick in the pants to turn the wannabes into doers! The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists is full of "aha" experiences as the reader uncovers the collected wisdom from the cream of today's fiction writers. AUTHOR: Andrew McAleer (Lexington, MA) is the coauthor of the #1 bestseller Mystery Writing in a Nutshell and the author of three novels, including the critically acclaimed Double Endorsement and Bait and Switch. Mr. McAleer has also contributed to numerous publications, including The Strand, Mystery Scene, and The Lizzie Borden Quarterly. An adjunct professor at Boston College, he is the winner of the 2003 Sherlock Holmes Revere Bowl Award.