DROWN THE CAT:
THE REBEL AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO WRITING BEYOND THE RULES
​by Dario Ciriello ~ foreword by Janice Hardy

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$5.99 ebook / $8.99 print

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Finally, a Writing Guide to Set You Free! 
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Drown the Cat is a complete guide for the fiction writer who wants to develop an individual voice and understand the reasons underlying the so-called rules of writing. Although a few rules really are necessary, the vast majority are either dogma or passing fads. Worse, so much advice like “show don’t tell” and “open with action” is often poorly explained and entirely misunderstood, causing writers no end of problems.
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Drawing on fifteen years of writing, critiquing, editing and mentoring experience, Dario Ciriello explodes writing myths, shreds conventional wisdom, and dissects the often misleading advice and diktats shouted at writers by books and blogs, agents and publishers. Drown the Cat gives authors the necessary tools and insights to retake control of their story and make it unique. 

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Reference/How-to guide

ISBN (print)   978-1-940581-86-6 
Trade paperback  / 146 pages

ISBN (ebook)  978-1-940581-95-8
epub / mobi (Kindle) 

Publication date: July 2017 
Print distribution: Ingram

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Dario Ciriello is an author, editor, and the founder of Panverse Publishing. Visit his blog here.  

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RECENT & UPCOMING WEB APPEARANCES
 
Editorial at Abyss and Apex Magazine
Guest Blog Posts at Castalia House / Fiction University / Lauren Sapala / Locus Magazine 
July 20: On 5 Interview at Jane Friedman
July 20: Guest post at Writers Helping Writers