Michael Legat byl zasvěcený redaktor a autor, jehož celoživotní práce byla spojena s vydavatelstvím. Po dlouhé a úspěšné kariéře v předních nakladatelstvích se rozhodl věnovat psaní naplno. Jeho romány a vysoce ceněné příručky pro autory čerpají z hlubokého porozumění literárnímu řemeslu. Jeho dílo zanechalo nesmazatelnou stopu v britském literárním světě.
Designed for would-be authors who want to improve their chances of publication, and especially for those who have difficulty with such matters as punctuation, spelling, grammar and the choice of words.
Written by the author of An Author's Guide to Publishing, this guide to the craft of writing contains advice and tips. It includes chapters that cover such aspects of writing as the novel, short stories, non-fiction, articles, poetry, plays, radio and television scripts - even children's books. It also looks at how to prepare a typescript.
Since the previous revision many changes have taken place in the publishing world, not least the abandonment of the Net Book Agreement and the developments in electronic publishing. Good advice as well as a useful account of the publishing process and its structure is presented in this 3rd edition which has been extensively rewritten and reset.