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Novel Writing on Edge - The Algonkian Development Blog

Writer's Edge Platitudes, entitled amateurism, ego salves, popular delusions, and erroneous information are all conspicuously absent from this website. As the official blog of Algonkian, the mission of the Writer's Edge is to provide you, the aspiring novel or narrative non-fiction author, with the realistic skills and knowledge it takes to succeed in the commercial market of the 21st century.

 

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