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Member Since: 19 December 2012
Last visited: 22 April 2014
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Name	Marcus Trower
User Name	marcustrower
Specialism	Fiction
Location	Other International
Interests	Crime fiction, thrillers, narrative non-fiction, humour
Profile	I`m a book editor and author. As an editor, I specialise in copy-editing fiction in general and crime fiction in particular. I wrote The Last Wrestlers: A Far-Flung Journey in Search of a Manly Art, published by Ebury Press in 2007. The Literary Review described it as ‘accomplished, fresh, passionate, genuinely exciting and entertaining`. Right now I`m writing a crime novel set in Rio. I live on an island in the Mediterranean that no one has heard of and where they drive on the left.

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	Verbs for Carrying Dialogue: “Said” Versus the Rest How much thought have you given to the verbs you’re using to carry dialogue in your novel? Elmore Leonard believes said is the only verb you should use, yet there are accomplished writers out there ignoring his recommendation. Who’s right? ... ( from http://marcustrowereditor.com/...)
	The Relentless Rise of the Dot Dot Dot It’s time we talked about dot dot dots . . . Are ellipses – aka, suspension points – a punctuational plague, or are they great tools with which to create interesting effects in fiction? (I’m thinking not of the well-established use of dot dot dot... ( from http://marcustrowereditor.com/...)
	Warning: Your Danglers Are on Display Is It Okay to Use ‘Incorrect’ Grammar in Dialogue? Real people obviously don’t always speak in a way you might consider grammatically correct, so should authors take a different stance on grammar in dialogue from the one they take when they’re wr... ( from http://marcustrowereditor.com/...)

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