This month, I have focused on giving you tips to help grab your reader’s attention, and keep it, in the first pages.  The reason for this is that when a reader is new to you, you don’t have time to set the stage, build your world, or indulge us in backstory. Readers don’t want to invest in something that they aren’t sure will pay off.  The original version of my novel Taken by His Sword that I sent to agents was 115k words and it started with a three chapter description of ho

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