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YouWriteOn.com is delighted to announce that member Keith Mansfield has achieved a 3 book deal with Quercus for his children's novel Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London. Quercus is the publisher of bestselling books such as Stef Penney’s The Tenderness of Wolves, which won the Costa Best Novel Award, and also Peter Temple’s The Broke Shore.

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Keith informs us: "Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London comes out on 3rd July. So it's another success for the site.

The setting ended up changing completely from the one that appeared on YouWriteOn, but of course the core of the book remains much as it was (I think that might actually be quite informative for how you can improve a book and alter it quite radically while staying true to it). I was hugely grateful to the YouWriteOn reviewers and worked with all of their comments as I set about that task or reworking the story.

Now it's paid of so handsomely, I'm thinking about posting the first chapter of book 2 on the site to see what people think about it.

Thanks to you and everyone who participates on the YWO site for helping to make it all possible. I hope my story will encourage others to persevere.

Thanks and best wishes

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