A completely updated guide for first-time novelists

Completely revised to include new interviews with best-selling authors; more detailed information on writing genre fiction from paranormal romance to cozy mysteries; and everything a writer needs to know about self-publishing and ebooks to get started. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Writing a Novel, Second Edition, is an indispensable reference on how to write and publish a first novel.

• Expert author with over thirty published novels
• Includes interviews with new best-selling novelists
• Features new material on writing genre fiction and self-publishing