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I. BOOKS FOR WRITERS |
Don't Sabotage Your Submission:
Insider Information from a Career Editor to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.
Chris Roerden
Bella Rosa Books
www.bellarosabooks.com
Note: DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION
is the 2008 expanded, all-genre edition of:
Don't Murder Your Mystery:
24 Fiction-Writing Techniques To Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.
Chris Roerden
Bella Rosa Books
www.bellarosabooks.com
To read first 4 chapters, click: For All Genres.pdf
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Don't Sabotage Your Submission:
* 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award for Literary Criticism
* 2009 Florida Writers Assn. Royal Palm Book of the Year
* Florida Writers Assn. Royal Palm Award for Best Educational / Informational Published Book
* 2009 ForeWord Review Writing Book of the Year Bronze Medal
Don't Murder Your Mystery:
* 2006 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book
* Macavity Award Finalist for Best Nonfiction Book
* Anthony Award Finalist for Best Nonfiction Book
* ForeWord Review Finalist for Best Reference Book of the Year
* USA Book News Finalist
* Writer's Digest Book Club Alternate Selection
* Southern Review of Books Noteworthy Small Press Selection |
II. ARTICLES FOR WRITERS |
"Introduction" Chris Roerden, in Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology
Wildside Press 2011
tinyurl.com/GuppyFishTales
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"Submitting Can Be Murder: Strategies for Survival" Chris Roerden, in Breaking & Entering 3rd edition
Sisters in Crime 2010
www.sistersincrime.org
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"How to Make a Scene" Chris Roerden, in The Independent, April 2009
Independent Book Publishers Association
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"An Editor's Guide to Submissions," Chris Roerden, in The Writer's Journey Journal
Wolfmont Press
www.wolfmont.com
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"A Double-Barreled Marketing Experiment" Chris Roerden, in The Independent, April 2007
Publishers Marketing Association
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"Market-Savvy Editing" Chris Roerden, in 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, 6th edition, by John Kremer
Open Horizons 2006
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"Tips for Screening a Prospective Freelance Editor" Chris Roerden,
in Breaking and Entering 2nd edition
Sisters in Crime 2004
www.sistersincrime.org
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"Edits Aren't Edicts" Chris Roerden,
in
The Independent, October 2000 cover article
Publishers Marketing Association
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"Market-Savvy Editing" Chris Roerden, in
1001 Ways to Market Your Books, 5th edition, by John Kremer
Open Horizons 1998
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"There's Method to the Marketing" Chris Roerden, quarterly column 1998-1999 in Badger Books Quarterly
Badger Books, Inc.
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III. FICTION EDITED FOR OTHERS: |
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE |
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The GERTIE JOHNSON Adventure Series:
Murder Passes the Buck Deb Baker
Murder Grins and Bears It Deb Baker
Llewellyn Midnight Ink Books
www.debbakerbooks.com
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"Chris, I owe SO much to you. Thank you!" —Deb Baker |
The DOLLS TO DIE FOR MYSTERY Series:
Dolled Up for Murder Deb Baker
Goodbye Dolly Deb Baker
Berkley Prime Crime
www.debbakerbooks.com
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#5 in VERMONT MYSTERY / RUTH WILLMARTH Series:
Mad Cow Nightmare Nancy Means Wright
St. Martin's Minotaur
www.nancymeanswright.com
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"Your comments are extremely insightful. Such helpful detail."
—Nancy Means Wright, Mad Cow Nightmare |
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Series
The Nightmare Nancy Means Wright
Perseverance Press
www.nancymeanswright.com
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A Well-Manicured Murder Georgia Adams
A LitChix Mystery
Due West Publishing
www.thelitchix.com
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"Chris Roerden, editor extraordinaire, who encouraged us after reading our first effort." —Georgia Adams (aka Patricia Browning, Joann Dunn, Karen McColgan) |
The Body in the
Transept Jeanne
Dams
Walker & Co.
* Winner
of AGATHA AWARD for BEST FIRST MYSTERY, 1995
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"To Chris, who is
quite literally responsible for the existence of
this volume, with appreciation." —Jeanne M. Dams, The Body in the Transept |
Cassidy McCabe Mystery Series: 3 AWARDS
Cat's Claw Alex Matthews Intrigue Press
Satan's Silence Alex Matthews " "
Secret's Shadow Alex Matthews " "
Vendetta's Victim Alex Matthews " "
Wanton's Web Alex Matthews " "
Death's Domain Alex Matthews " "
Wedding's Widow Alex Matthews " "
Blood's Burden Alex Matthews " "
Wedding's Widow Alex Matthews " "
Murder's Madness Alex Matthews Veiled Intent
Healer's Heresy Alex Matthews Veiled Intent
www.AlexMatthews.com
www.veiledintentpress.com
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"After a pile of
rejections on Secret's Shadow, first in a
psychological mystery series, I decided I needed
the help of a professional editor to figure out
what I was doing wrong. Chris provided the kind
of developmental editing that illuminated my blind
spots and enabled me to greatly improve my craft.
Beyond giving me exactly what I needed, she provided
tons of support and encouragement. For anyone who
wants to improve his or her writing skills, I recommend
Chris any day." —Alex Matthews, Cassidy
McCabe Mystery Series |
Sam Casey Mystery Series: 2 AWARDS
Nothing Else Matters S. D. Tooley
When the Dead Speak S. D. Tooley
Full Moon Publishing
www.fullmoonpub.com
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Chase Dagger Mystery Series:
The Good Die Twice Lee Driver
The Unseen Lee Driver
Full Moon Publishing
www.fullmoonpub.com
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"My profound thanks
to Chris Roerden, who can take a paragraph of hodge-podge
and make meaning out of it so effortlessly." —Lee Driver, Chase
Dagger Mystery Series |
Las Vegas COMP: Murder at Emerald Towers Don McKenzie & Ron McKenzie
Writer's Showcase
www.iUniverse.com
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Dr. Eli Branch Medical Thrillers
Rupture A. Scott Pearson
Public Anatomy A. Scott Pearson
Oceanview Publishing
www.ascottpearson.com
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"Thank you for all your assistance with my writing life, and congratulations on all your writing success. —A. Scott Pearson, Dr. Eli Branch Medical Thrillers |
Death by a Dark Horse Susan Schreyer
CreateSpace, 2010
www.susanschreyer.com
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"I have learned so much from you, for which I am very grateful — not only about writing, but about what good editing is. Thank you so much." —Susan Schreyer |
Prayers from Berlin Tom Ralston
R.D. Wolffen Publishing
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Tide of Darkness: The Lost Colony Theater Murders Joseph L. S. Terrell
Bella Rosa Books
www.bellarosabooks.com/
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The Susan Chase Mystery Series
Color Her Dead Steve Brown
Stripped to Kill Steve Brown
When Dead Is Not EnoughSteve Brown
Dead Kids Tell No
Tales Steve Brown
Hurricane
Party Steve Brown
Sanctuary
of Evil Steve Brown
Chick Springs Publishing
www.susanchase.com
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"I
never had an editor before
who treated me as a colleague
and offered input regarding
the subject and readability.
In the past I have only had an editor who worked
on my
grammar. Chris, I want you
to be all that you can be
and show me how to be a
better author." —Steve Brown, Susan
Chase™ Mystery
Series; Independent Women Novels of Suspense; and The Charleston Thriller Series |
Standalone Novels
Fallen Stars Steve Brown
Radio SecretsSteve Brown
Rescue Steve Brown
Woman Against Herself Steve Brown
River of Diamonds Steve Brown
The Charleston Ripper Steve Brown
The Pirate and the Belle Steve Brown
The Charleston Vampire Steve Brown
The Charleston Ripper Steve Brown
The Old Maids Club Steve Brown
Chick Springs Publishing
http://www.chicksprings.com
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YOUNG ADULT |
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Matty's War Carroll Thomas
Smith & Kraus Publishers
www.mattytrescott.com
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Restoration in the Barrens Joe Riederer
Big
Bluestem Press
Winner of the Council for Wisconsin Writers'
Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Award
www.bigbluestempress.com
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GENERAL FICTION |
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Hanging Out with Shorts & Short Shorts Morris Gandelman Edit It Publications
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Click
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