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Yes, that's a brilliant way to resolve the first and hook for the next.

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Thanks Rachel Thanks for reading my long winded ruminations. That's a great help. F seems like a great idea. I feel like, yes, I'll be leaving it on a cliffhanger in book 1 but you find out what has happened to him, just not the why, so in that...

Yes, that's a brilliant way to resolve the first and hook for the next.

Thanks Rachel Thanks for reading my long winded ruminations. That's a great help. F seems like a great idea. I feel like, yes, I'll be leaving it on a cliffhanger in book 1 but you find out what has happened to him, just not the why, so in that...

Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden

F) resolve the cliffhanger in the synopsis but hold the actual drama over for the follow up book G) have the unanswered cliffhanger in the synopsis with to be continued in the sequel Self-publishing the first of a trilogy but trying to trad...

Ok, so, forgive me, but I have a submission strategy question- Some of you might have seen that I put my synopsis through the Lab last week. This afternoon I ‘huddled’ my cover letter, with a view to making a fresh round of submissions soon...

F) resolve the cliffhanger in the synopsis but hold the actual drama over for the follow up book G) have the unanswered cliffhanger in the synopsis with to be continued in the sequel Self-publishing the first of a trilogy but trying to trad...

Ok, so, forgive me, but I have a submission strategy question- Some of you might have seen that I put my synopsis through the Lab last week. This afternoon I ‘huddled’ my cover letter, with a view to making a fresh round of submissions soon...

I'm stepping out so slowly because I'm scared of what I'll find, scared in case you love me, and you'll say what's on my mind.

Stepping out into the traffic like that was a reckless thing to do, but as the eighteen-wheeler bore down on me, honking its horn with futile urgency, I no longer cared.

But once you feel sure they are 'the one' for you – and perhaps they are: Good luck – don't be too heart-broken if it's a 'Not right for me at this time' from them. Or, worse, just silence....