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Royalties by Brenna Lyons. Brenna has almost 20 novels published, in both ebook and print formats.  She has written an indepth article on what to watch out for in a publishing contract - especially when dealing with small publishers.

Online Course Review: For the first time, we are taking an indepth look into the top, online, writing schools, and telling you how they stack up. We will compare instructor involvement, student expectations, and even the results of an online poll.

How to Pick the Right Publisher: Suzanne James will discuss her method of helping writers eliminate most of their rejection letters, cut down the time needed to get published, and reduce editing time, by choosing a publisher based on your novel's premise, plots, characters, and grammar style.

Author Interview: Doranna Durgin's first book was published in 1994 and by August 2006 her 22^nd novel will hit the shelves.  Durgin doesn't take quantity over quality either.  She won the 1995 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall award for Best 1st Novel for Dun Lady's Jess and has been going strong ever since. - Her what she has to say about breaking into Novel Writing.

Free Lesson: This issue's lesson will be on grammar.  Which style is right for today's mass market publishing industry, which rules can be broken and why, and how to determine what grammar style to use for each publishing house. Each lesson in our course is a minimum of 2000 words, and includes a link to the author's forum, where you can discuss the topic.

Book Review: One Way to Write a Novel, by Vicki Hinze. If you're looking for a novel writing tips and tricks, look no further than bestselling author Vicki Hinze's One Way To Write A Novel.  This is a how-to book with heart. Hinze's philosophy is that we should do what we love, and clearly Hinze loves to share her knowledge of the craft of writing.

Plus Much More. . .