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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers

by Betsy Lerner

rev. ed. Riverhead. 2010. 304p. ISBN 9781594484834. pap. $16; ebk. ISBN 9781101444078.

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Publishing executive-turned-literary agent Lerner offers advice on query letters; multiple submissions; working with editors, publicists, and agents; dealing with rejection; and writer's block. (LJ 4/1/00)

Reviewed by Paul Stenis , Feb 01, 2016

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