BIOGRAPHY--ELIZABETH LYON

Elizabeth Lyon regularly speaks at writing conferences and retreats nationwide.  She's been a contributor to The Writer and Writer's Digest and is a mentor, editor and writing teacher.  Author of : Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write, The Writer's Guide to Nonfiction, The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit, A Writer's Guide to Fiction, National Directory of Editors & Writers.

Contact her at: www.elizabethlyon.com 

MANUSCRIPT MAKEOVER: REVISION TECHNIQUES NO FICTION WRITER CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE

In the December issue of The Writer magazine, contributing editor Chuck Leddy, also a reviewer for The Boston Globe, cites Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford, a 368-page book by Elizabeth Lyon, as among the "10 great writing books from '08." He writes: "Perhaps the most comprehensive book yet written on the process of revising fiction."

Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore is the most comprehensive, practical, and economical book on revising fiction. www.manuscriptmakeover.com  Available April 1 and published by Perigee/Penguin for $14.95, it is 368 pages. Pre-order from many online booksellers and get a discount. Get free shipping by ordering one or both of Lyon ’s other books on fiction craft: “A Writer’s Guide to Fiction” and “The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit.” Would you like a customized workshop weekend or day for your writing group? Ask Elizabeth about her “I’ll Come to You” workshops: elyon123@comcast.net.

“Whether you're learning the craft, revising your manuscript, or looking to position it for the best chance of getting published, read Elizabeth Lyon. Manuscript Makeover maps out exactly how to revise and rewrite. A Writer's Guide to Fiction provides practical tips to bring your characters to life and to improve your plot, and The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit is the best book I've ever read on how to write a query letter and synopsis that will get an agent and an editor's attention. I wouldn't be published without either book.”

―Robert Dugoni, OWC member

author of New York Times bestseller The Jury Master, and Damage Control

In the December issue of The Writer magazine, contributing editor Chuck Leddy, also a reviewer for The Boston Globe, cites Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford, a 368-page book by Elizabeth Lyon, as among the "10 great writing books from '08." He writes: "Perhaps the most comprehensive book yet written on the process of revising fiction."

 Perigee Trade Paperback: $15.95, 368 pp.

ISBN # 978-0-399-53395-2

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