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    The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully
    The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully
    The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully
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    The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully

    By William Wallace Cook

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    "The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for Twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully" is authored by William Wallace Cook. The author known by the pen-name John Milton Edwards, was an American journalist and author of popular fiction. The book tells how he got started as a fiction writer and the ups and downs of freelancing at the turn of the last century. In addition to how fascinating reading in its own right could be, the book shows how much harder writing used to be.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJun 2, 2022
    ISBN8596547044352
    The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully

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