Last time i gave examples of long and short pages that you can use in your book. We get to see directors cuts of our favorite movies. Boy novak, a young white girl traumatized by her home life, runs off on the day of her 20th birthday from new york to flax hill in an attempt to escape the clutches of her abusive father. Books forward book marketing for authors publish your. How to cut the filler and tighten your book helping writers. The also have a community of authors ready and willing to help you. The best clean kindle unlimited romance books butter. Contrary to what the title may suggest, it isnt an outdated cautionary tale about the dangers of pinning your financial hopes on a man although thats in there the authors first husband was a gambling addict. Books by authors who have written fewer than 10 books show list info. Should you decide to read it, dont let anyone reveal the last 5 pages.
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The billionaire author has jumped to the defense of a woman let go from her job for antitrans comments. Tell us your secret, the girls whisper, one toilet to another. Amazon provides the largest avenue for ebook sales. That might be because the author had too much filler and not enough plotdriven scenes. Cut is a 2000 novel by patricia mccormick, targeted at young adults. Fifteenyearold callie mcpherson of mississauga isnt speaking to anybody, not even to her therapist at sea pines nicknamed sick minds, the residential treatment facility where her parents. Joseph heller, albert camus, hermann hesse, dr spock, naomi wolf, tom wolfe, thomas pynchon and hunter s thompson.