STEP ONE (of SEVEN)
We start with your dream--seeing your novel on the New York Times bestseller list! If it was there, you would see a one-sentence description of it, like some of the ones from today's list:
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WINTER OF THE WORLD, by Ken Follett. (Dutton,
$36.) In Book 2 of the Century trilogy, members of five interrelated families
from five countries, some of them children of characters in the previous
book, “Fall of Giants,” grapple with the tumultuous historical events of the
years 1939-49.
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A WANTED MAN, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) A
carload of people involved in a conspiracy pick up a disheveled hitchhiker,
Child’s vigilante hero Jack Reacher.
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GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown, $25.) A
woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
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THE TIME KEEPER, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion,
$24.99.) A fable about the inventor of the world’s first clock, who returns
to our world after centuries of banishment; from the author of “Tuesdays With
Morrie.”
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LOW PRESSURE, by Sandra Brown. (Grand Central,
$26.99.) A woman makes disturbing discoveries — and acquires a stalker — when
she writes a book about her sister’s murder.
INNER CIRCLE:
You have two days (although I know most of you will finish it today) to write the one-sentence description of the bestseller you are about to write in November, 2012. Step two on Wednesday!
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