I'm a new writer of science fiction and adventure tales. I also make occasional forays into fantasy and realistic fiction. I love post-apocalyptic settings, utopias and dystopias, coming-of-age stories, and stories about underdogs struggling against the machine.
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Flogging the Quill: Crafting a Novel that Sells

If you follow Ray Rhamey’s blog Flogging the Quill, then you know the premise: Send in the first page of your novel, and Rhamey will read, analyze, and tell you if he found it compelling enough to make him turn to the second page (and why or why not). The key word here is “compelling”. Editors [...]