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June 14, 2012

100 Breakout Novels (according to Don Maass)

That picture’s a bit of a nerdy reference, but hey, what’d you expect? As promised yesterday, here’s the list of books Maass used in Writing the Breakout Novel. Feel free to cntrl-F and search for your genre: Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry — (mystery) Sacrebleu! by Anne Perry — (fantasy) Neverness by David…
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June 13, 2012

Write the Breakout Novel

Thanks to Ellie for another great rec to write the Breakout Novel. For one, Maass promises no short cut. Hard work pays. For another, he shifts the blame for bad book revenue from the editors, agents, publishers and publicists to where it should be–on the author. If your story does not sell, you have no…

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