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"Michael LaRocca has been researching the publishing field for over ten years."

This quote, from an ezine (newsletter) called Authors Wordsmith, was a kind way of saying I've received a lot of rejections.

But in my "breakout" year (2000), I finished writing four books and scheduled them all for publication in 2001.

After my first book was published, both my publishers closed. Two weeks and three publishers later, I'm back on track. All four books are being published again, and I'm writing another one while I wait.

See how much faster it was the second time around? That's because I learned a lot.

Also, I've found another editing job. That's what I do when I'm not writing. But the thing is, if I'd become an editor before learning how to write, I'd have stunk.

How'd I learn to write? The answers are right here in this course. That's how I know it works. I learned it all the hard way.

In this course, I'll share all I know with you. Free. This information is all out there if you know where to look, but who has the time? I did, I collected all this for my own use, and now it's yours. It costs me nothing to share it. It costs you nothing to read it except some time.

You don't even have to believe all of it. That's the same thing I say in my first installment, "Free Online Creative Writing Workshops." Don't believe everything you read. Not even if it comes from me. Just weigh the evidence and go your own way.

As you begin any new course, you should probably ask yourself "What does this geeberhead know about it?" If the long rambling tirade above doesn't answer that question, Who Am I? (and why should you care?) will tell you more about me than you ever wanted to know.

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