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Author advice from YA writer Dolores Beagle

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The title of her first novel is repulsive, but then it is a horror story. YA author Dolores Beagle is all set to enter the dog eat dog world of self-publishing with her first novel Tapeworm.

– Do you follow the advice you read on the internet?

There’s really only one bit of advice that matters. Fans. If you don’t have fans how do you expect to sell your books. In fact, there are three bits of advice. Fans, fans and fans. You gotta have fans.

You know, some people actually set out with the intention of writing a boring book. Don’t do it. Make your book as interesting as you can otherwise all those fans, you’re gonna lose them.

Make your dialogue zing. In real life people talk stupid, so don’t let your characters talk like real people. Make it zing, folks.

“Hey, John.”

“Mickey.” John and Mickey high…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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