Legal-thriller author gives tips to wannabes; outline, rewrite and keep your butt in the desk chair

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Attorney and mystery writer Phillip Margolin feels that practice is the best writing teacher. Another tip is that publication is impossible without an agent because publishers get so many unsolicited manuscripts. Margolin feels that no writer has influenced him, that his writing is individual. As to his legal practice, no client he has represented got capital punishment. He feels it is important to explain why the defendant acted as he did.

Interview, Margolin, Phillip

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Grisham wannabes; getting your thriller published is a long shot - but possible

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Issues regarding attorneys as the authors of detective and mystery stories are discussed. A law degree gives credibility to lawyer-protagonists and courtroom scenes, but the road to publication can involve many rejections. Reviews are unusual for first-time authors, and most pay for their own publicity.

Publishing industry, Authorship, Detective and mystery stories, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction

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The un-Grisham holiday legal reading list; an earnest and eclectic selection of books by and about lawyers and the law

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A short directory to books by and about lawyers is given. The emphasis is on non-fiction and domestic law.

Legal services, Attorneys, Offices of Lawyers, Recreation, Directory, Books and reading

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