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When I last left you,
I was sharing tips on revising a book dummy with your agent before going out on sub1 In short, it’s putting on your big kid pants and rolling up your sleeves and making the story better bit by bit.2
I promised I’d share the thumbnails for JUST JELLY and I am following through. I did think “hmm… There will be spoilers and my agent and editor probably don’t want me to share the story in full just yet.” So in the interest of being transparent, but not giving away the whole school of fish, I’ve redacted a lot of it. Forgive me! These are the final thumbnails/book dummy (sans colored final) I shared with Jen before I got the go ahead that the story was ready for submission:
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