FINDING MR. GOODWRITE

It’s more than just misspellings! Grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure are YOUR TOOLS for translating your muse’s input into a successful fiction novel. The best ideas, the most heartfelt emotions are useless unless they can be presented to the reader in clear readable format. Misplaced and squinting (yes, squinting!) modifiers, dangling participles, and faulty parallelisms can skew your sentences and send readers scurrying away in confusion—and will have agents and editors passing on your manuscript because of “lack of professionalism.” Learn the much-needed mechanics of the craft from an award-winning author and former investigative journalist who honed her skills under daily deadlines and is now a top fiction author.

Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA®, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair is a name synonymous with high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Her books have claimed spots in the Locus Top Ten and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly. Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine consistently gives Sinclair’s books 4-1/2 stars (their highest rating). Starlog magazine calls Sinclair “one of the reigning queens of science fiction romance.”   Her previous careers include news reporting and private investigation. Since 2000, she’s taught seminars in the craft of writing for all levels of writers via on-line writing sites and at writing conventions nationwide. Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their thoroughly spoiled cats. Readers can find her perched on the third barstool from the left in her Intergalactic Bar and Grille at www.linneasinclair.com .