title: Fixing Fiction: A Practical Guide
author: John W Allie
description: John W. Allie has had lots of experience with terrible fiction and has written quite a bit of it himself. He has since sworn off the stuff and hopes that you will, too. His website, johnwallie.com, contains many exciting things including comics, essays, and ebooks.
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, places, organizations, or persons, whether
  living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  GRAVE MISTAKE
  
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Christine Pope
  
  
  Published by Dark Valentine Press
  
  
  Cover design by Lou Harper
  
  
  Ebook formatting by Indie Author Services
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by
  any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and
  retrieval systems — except in the case of brief quotations embodied in
  critical articles or reviews — without permission in writing from its
  publisher, Dark Valentine Press.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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