When Marnie, Tina and Lee share a house in famous Bondi Beach they are young, driven and ambitious. Yet below the surface each has her own agenda. Marnie, strong, confident and privileged is escaping the stifling conservatism of her home town-and a father who will forever mark her relationships with men. Tina, driven to overcome her impoverished background, promises herself a home on Sydney Harbour by the time she is thirty-no matter what she has to do to get it. Lee dreams of showbiz success far from a suffocating life in the suburbs. When her ambitions are cut cruelly short, her daughter is...

This guide is packed full of practical information from an author who has the credentials and experience to help you write the novel you are dreaming of. Jennifer Bacia's first novel was bid for by international publishers, the film and foreign rights were sold, it was a Doubleday Book Club Choice and a lead title in the UK. The author not only gives you the information that will help you write your own bestseller, but also analyzes one of her own bestsellers to show how she turned an initial idea into a powerful, intriguing story that major publishing houses competed for. Through practical...