title: Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published
author:  Therese Walsh 
description: "<b>Nourishment for the writer's soul and motivation for the writer's heart</b>." --<b>James Scott Bell</b>, best-selling author and writing instructor<br /><br />"There are tons of awesome writing books out there about everything from creating suspenseful plots to using humor, but few of them cover every single part of your writing journey. And none of them do it quite like AUTHOR IN PROGRESS...Writing a novel is not easy. We all know that. But what we might not know is how to research productively, revise our first, second, and third draft, embrace the publishing business, and write "unboxed". AUTHOR IN PROGRESS is the one book solution to these problems.<b>Less than $20, unlimited answers.</b>" - Emily Nielson atJust a First Draft<br /><br /><b>"</b><span>AUTHOR IN PROGRESS is like</span><b> WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING...</b><span><b>for novelists</b>." - Margaret Dilloway</span>
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  # About the Author
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  J. Marie has been writing since she first learned the alphabet, but it wasn’t
  until 25 years later that she finally decided to take the deep plunge into the
  depths of publishing. Her written work conveys the darker side of writing,
  bringing in to light what most may shy away from and she loves every second of
  it.
  
  
  Her inspiration comes to her in the form of a minefield on top of a snow
  covered mountain. One step and a new idea explodes in her head, and then
  before you know it, it's an avalanche of ideas rushing through her head and it
  does not stop!
  
  
  When she's not writing until the late hours of the night, she's working as a
  legal assistant at a prominent law firm in Michigan. She enjoys practicing and
  teaching martial arts in her spare time as well as tearing up the neighborhood
  riding around on her super fun Honda Grom.
  
  
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