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Michael Legat

    Michael Legat was een toegewijde redacteur en auteur wiens carrière nauw verweven was met de uitgeverswereld. Na een lange en succesvolle periode bij vooraanstaande uitgeverijen, wijdde hij zich fulltime aan het schrijven. Zijn romans en zeer geprezen gidsen voor beginnende auteurs putten uit een diepgaand begrip van het literaire ambacht. Zijn bijdragen lieten een belangrijke stempel achter op het Britse literaire landschap.

    How to Write Historical Novels
    The Illustrated Dictionary of Western Literature
    An Author's Guide to Publishing
    Writing for Pleasure and Profit
    • Written by the author of An Author's Guide to Publishing, this guide to the craft of writing contains advice and tips. It includes chapters that cover such aspects of writing as the novel, short stories, non-fiction, articles, poetry, plays, radio and television scripts - even children's books. It also looks at how to prepare a typescript.

      Writing for Pleasure and Profit
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    • An updated and expanded edition of this guide for authors. Michael Legat was Editorial Director of Corgi Books and then of Cassell. Since 1978 he has been a full-time author, publishers' consultant and lecturer.

      An Author's Guide to Publishing
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    • How to Write Historical Novels

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      The historical novel, a firm favourite with the reading public, is a genre which attracts many writers. Here is a practical and easy-to-follow guide, written with expertise and authority, for any author who wants to work in this field. It covers the subject in considerable depth, examining construction, characterisation, research, the techniques of story-telling, and dialogue, and it contains helpful tips on conveying a sense of period. Finally, it suggests the best way of finding a publisher for the finished work.

      How to Write Historical Novels