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The “Now What?” Months are here! In 2014, we’ll be bringing you advice from authors who published their NaNo-novels, editors, agents, and more to help you polish November’s first draft until it gleams. Marivi Soliven shares four steps she took to publishing her book, The Mango Bride:

Maybe you woke up on December 1, sleep-deprived but exhilarated over birthing your novel. What now? You can bury it in a folder or grow that NaNo-newborn into a novel fit for publication. That’s what I did.

I plunged into NaNoWriMo 2008 to overcome my life-long phobia of novel writing. After self-congratulation got old, I did a reality check: of my 50,000 words, only 26—all in the first sentence—were any good. The rest wallowed in histrionic dialogue and sordid drama. 

NaNoWriMo was a mad sprint, but if you’re ready for the long slow slog of rewrites, here are a few ways to grow your newborn novel into a book:

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