Sweet Success for Pam McCutcheon

Published February 5, 2026

Yay for this great news! Pam McCutcheon is happy to announce that, after getting her rights back, she has updated her book for writers, WRITING THE FICTION SYNOPSIS, and has republished this third edition in ebook and trade paperback format (Parker Hayden Publisher, January 2026

ABOUT THE BOOK:  Master the Most Feared Part of Writing—Without Losing Your Mind.

Writing a synopsis shouldn’t feel harder than writing the book itself. With WRITING THE FICTION SYNOPSIS, you’ll finally have a simple, repeatable system that takes the panic out of the process and replaces it with clarity, confidence, and maybe even a laugh or two.

Using popular movies as easy-to-understand examples, this guide breaks the synopsis process into clear stages you can follow for any book you write, including easy-to-use worksheets, sample synopses in short and long form, plus information on writing back cover blurbs and how to use a plotting board. As a bonus, you can also use this information to create a book from scratch.

Your novel deserves a great synopsis. Let this book show you how to write one—step by step, with clarity, structure, and humor. Purchase a copy at www.pammc.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A popular speaker at PPW, Pam McCutcheon is the author of romance (many subgenres) and urban fantasy under the name Parker Blue. She also writes how-to books for writers under her own name, including WRITING THE FICTION SYNOPSIS and THE WRITER’S BRAINSTORMING TOOLKIT (with Michael Waite). Visit the author at www.pammc.com and follow her on Facebook (Pam McCutcheon) and Facebook (ParkerBlue)