This handbook is designed to take aspiring novelists from the concept of that first novel all the way through to completion, including the crucial step of marketing. The handbook discusses shortcuts to help save time, traps all new writers must avoid, inspiration to get a novel done, and checklists to guide every step. The chapters in the handbook are: (1) Getting Started; (2) No Excuses!; (3) The First Step; (4) More on Ideas; (5) Research; (6) More on Outlining; (7) Drafts; (8) Plots and Titles; (9) Style; (10) Characters; (11) Dialogue; (12) Agents; and (13) The Submission Package. (NKA)