title: The Author's Toolkit (Third Edition)
author:  Mary Embree 
description: &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re having trouble with your magnum opus, author Mary Embree may have just what you are looking for.&rdquo;&mdash;<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i><br></b>&#160;<br>&ldquo;&lsquo;Toolkit&rsquo; is actually an apt name for this little handbook, which covers each step of the writing process in short chapters: beginning ideas, planning and research, writing and editing fundamentals, manuscript submission, copyright, literary agents, contracts, and publishing in an electronic environment. . . . A useful gift . . .&rdquo;&mdash;<i><b>Library Journal</b></i><br>&#160;<br>&ldquo;Mary Embree was a skilled guide to the nuts and bolts of the publishing process, from query letter to final submission.&rdquo;&mdash;<b>Mary Palevsky, Ph.D., author of <i>Atomic Fragments: A Daughter&rsquo;s Questions</i></b>
zlib_text: **Amy's Choice**
  
  
  A More Perfect Union
  
  
  _Book Two_
  
  
  by
  
  
  Betty Bolté
  
  
  _Award-winning Author_
  
  
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