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Make Your Book Project as Strong & Marketable as it can be  with the close one-on-one Expertise of an accomplished New York Book Publishing Professional

Diane Sheya Higgins

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Writing & Publishing Coach

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Developmental Book Editor  Writer/Ghostwriter 

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    Fiction or Non-fiction?….a non-life-threatening decision with serious consequences

    Fiction or Non-fiction?….a non-life-threatening decision with serious consequences

    Today, an emerging writer asked me for my professional opinion on an important question she was entertaining. Did I think that the...

    "Present Tense" or "Past Tense" in Fiction? The big question with a simple answer.

    In my book coaching work over the last few years I have noticed that there is a growing wave of emerging writers who are choosing to...

    seducing readers & lovers, one good line at a time:

    Not every writer is a natural temptress on the page. However, the secret to potent prose, is not a mystery, and with intense focus and...

    Empowering a writer's 'voice'...the secret to success...on the page, and in the world

    Over the years I have been on many panels at writers' conferences around the country. Invariably, one courageous writer at each...

    It doesn't take a village to write a good book: questioning the role of beta readers

    Call me late to the party, but I didn't hear the term 'beta reader" until a few months ago, when one of the writers I was coaching...
    Fiction or Non-fiction?….a non-life-threatening decision with serious consequences

    Fiction or Non-fiction?….a non-life-threatening decision with serious consequences

    "Present Tense" or "Past Tense" in Fiction? The big question with a simple answer.

    seducing readers & lovers, one good line at a time:

    Empowering a writer's 'voice'...the secret to success...on the page, and in the world

    It doesn't take a village to write a good book: questioning the role of beta readers

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