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6. Where Do We Start? IDEAS!

7. Where do you get ideas for your books? Imagine yourself there…

9. Where do you get ideas for your books? Write what you know…

20. Jean Talon Market, Montreal

37. Writing a Rough Draft

38. Outlines and Organizers

42. Revision (not editing)

45. A Shrunken Manuscript Strategy Courtesy of Darcy Pattison http://www.darcypattison.com PINK = plot points GREEN = crush BLUE = Ruby ORANGE = funny bits with Ian YELLOW = place for the tree game

47. Submissions Process “ Please buy my book!”

48. Rejections “ No, thank you.”

50. Revision (not editing)

57. Copy Edits (final proofreading)

61. What will the cover look like?

62. What will the cover look like? (Take two!)

74. Walker/ Bloomsbury December 2010

77. The Star Spangled Setup

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