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    The FORMULA For Writing Fiction That Publishers Will Like
    The FORMULA For Writing Fiction That Publishers Will Like
    The FORMULA For Writing Fiction That Publishers Will Like
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    The FORMULA For Writing Fiction That Publishers Will Like

    By Bill Sheehy

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    This is a formula, a master recipe that was conceived to allow the progressive development, step by step, of a work of publishable fiction ... any work of fiction, whether your story is a western, a murder mystery, a romance or even science fiction thriller. The writer supplies the words and the FORMULA does the rest! Anybody can do it ... just follow the trail I laid out for you!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBill Sheehy
    Release dateFeb 13, 2010
    ISBN9781452304908
    The FORMULA For Writing Fiction That Publishers Will Like
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    Bill Sheehy

    A prolific writer, I have a number of western stories and crime mysteries published in the old fashioned way, paper and ink, and am now moving some of those stories into eBooks.As time goes by I'll format all or some of these as well as a major SF saga and at least one if not two non-fiction works.Stay tuned and make a note of my name so you can search for it and my stories.Remember ...Always read stuff that will make you look goodif you die in the middle of it.P.J. O’Rourke

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