Avoid Writer's Hell: Publishing Flame Repellents

by Faith Bicknell

From the irreverent mind of Faith Bicknell-Brown, a 25-plus year publishing veteran as both an editor and an author, comes an easy-to-understand and detailed guide to avoiding writer's hell. Ms. Bicknell-Brown's no nonsense, informal approach to the publishing world makes learning the ins and outs of this business relatively painless. She addresses many of the issues writers both new and old face, including, but not limited to, the dreaded query letter and synopsis, formatting for submissions, grammar, punctuation, writer's etiquette, telling vs. showing, and crutch words.

This is the R-rated version. You must be 18 years or older to purchase this book. In here, you will find the long awaited step-by-step instructions on how to write sex scenes. If you are under 18 or have no desire to learn how to write sex scenes for hetero, multi partners, and/or same sex, please go to our PG-13 version of this book.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 2, 2014

About the author

I’m an author of several genres but my favorites are cozy mysteries and women's fiction. I may write a solid horror story from time to time just to scare the hell out of myself. Additionally, I've published a nonfiction book for writers. Right now, I write under only two pen names: Faith Bicknell.
and Ana Lee Kennedy.

I’ve literally been writing since I was seven years old, but I’ve been writing professionally for over thirty years and a professional editor for about half as many years, working for numerous private clients as well as five different publishers such as Wild Child Publishing/Freya’s Bower and Totally Entwined Group. For about seven years, I managed a writer’s group where I taught grammar, punctuation, and creative writing.

I'm between literary agents right now and I have publications in many different areas such as The Ohio Writer Magazine to national men’s magazines, including Penthouse Variations, to small online publications both in the U.S., Canada, and even Turkey. There are many books and novellas under my publishing belt as well and written under many pen names over the years.