The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin 

Michael LaRocca has put together an approximately 90 page series of helpful hints, thoughts, urls, etc for fellow authors. He says he has been in the business for 20 unsuccessful years and 2 successful ones and now wants to share what he has learned. The copy I received for review is a zip file with a cluster of HTML files and some JPGs. The work can be downloaded at:

http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/michaellarocca.

LaRocca says the book has no cover, however the advice is sound.

Some of the content included in the download encompassed common writing mistakes, creative writing on line, pod and print publishers, useful links, contests, book review and promotion. The chapter on Book Promotion offers suggestions for setting up a web page including many links to help the novice with preparing their own site. The chapter on common mistakes runs the gamut from contraction-possessive confusion to too long sentences. This chapter also has links for sites offering help with confusing writing issues

After reading through the HTML files I received I believe the reader is offered good advice for furthering their writing/publishing career. Writer LaRocca has obviously spent a good deal of time in setting down his thoughts, gathering links and the like. The download contains much good and helpful information for both the novice and the more advanced writer.

The work is readable, understandable and should prove of value to those who do download and put into practice the material provided.

I would like to see the material offered as a plain PDF download with a simple cover. I think it would appeal more to the reading audience who may be put off with accepting a work that doesn’t appear ‘to be a book.’