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Meh
“Meh.” The ending just didn’t do it for me.
by, Jill Swenson
January 31, 2014
Using Citation Machine for Citations in Non-Fiction Manuscripts - Project Gutenberg Image

While a great first chapter may interest acquisitions editors in reading your full manuscript, your last chapter may determine whether you get a contract offer or not. Reader dissatisfaction with the ending is the kiss of death to book sales. Perhaps you’ve even put down some of these books that have very well crafted first chapters that landed them a book contract but couldn’t sustain… [Read More]

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