Michael Legat
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Michael Legat was a British
writer of writers' guides and romance novel
s. He was an associate vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association
. He worked as Editorial Director of Corgi Books and later of Cassell during 35 years, in 1978 he decided to turn to writing full time.
United Kingdom
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writer of writers' guides and romance novel
Romance novel
The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
s. He was an associate vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association
Romantic Novelists' Association
The Romantic Novelists' Association is a writers' association in the UK. Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins , Barbara Cartland , Vivian Stuart , and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews.The RNA runs...
. He worked as Editorial Director of Corgi Books and later of Cassell during 35 years, in 1978 he decided to turn to writing full time.
Novels
- Mario's Vineyard (1980)
- The Silver Fountain (1982)
- The Shapiro Diamond (1984)
- We Beheld His Glory (1988)
- The Retiring Highwayman (1998)
- Two's a Crowd (2001)
- The Prison Within (2001)
- The Pure in Heart (2001)
Non Fiction
- Dear Author: Letters from a Working Publisher to Authors, Prospective and Practiced (1972)
- An Author's Guide to Publishing (1982)
- Putting on a Play (1984)
- Writing for Pleasure and Profit (1986)
- The Illustrated Dictionary of Western Literature (1987)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Writing (1989)
- How to Write Historical Novels (1990)
- Plotting the Novel (1992)
- Understanding Publishers' Contracts (1992)
- Non-fiction Books: A Writer's Guide (1993)
- The Writer's Rights (1995)
- An Author's Guide to Literary Agents (1995)
- Revision: An Author's Guide (1998)
- Michael Legat Writer's Guides (1999)
- Writing Your Life Story (1999)
- Rehearsal (1999)
- They Read Books and Go to Cocktail Parties (2000)
- Writing for a Living (2000)
- The Ultimate Simple Writer's Guide (2004)