title: Penguin Pocket Writers Handbook (Penguin Pocket Books)
author:  Stephen Curtis 
description: Martin Manser is a professional reference-book editor who has worked on more than one hundred reference books including: The Penguin Wordmaster Dictionary, The Bloomsbury Good Word Guide, Chambers' Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, The Macmillan Student's Dictionary and The New Penguin Thesaurus. Stephen Curtis was an English lecturer for ten years and since 1988 has worked as a freelance lexicographer, translator and writer. He has recently contributed to: The Encarta World English Dictionary, The New Penguin English Dictionary. He is author of Increase Your Word Power and (also with Martin Manser) The Wordsworth Crossword Companion.
zlib_text: The names of some individuals in this book have been changed. Such names are indicated by an
  asterisk (*) the first time each appears in the narrative.
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  To all the women trapped in abusive and
  tragic relationships, 
  with the sincere hope that Empty Promises
  may help you
  find a way to be free and to be safe at last.
  
  Acknowledgments
  Sometimes I tell myself that I can turn in a perfect manuscript the first time
  out, but I know I’m just whistling into the wind.