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***NOTE***

Although I've been quite busy recently, I will make sure I read all books that have backed me.

But please do message me if I still haven't yet read your work, as my memory is a bit like Henry's bucket lately. ;)

***RECENT UPDATES***

MISS MANNERS is currently going through a major edit. New and improved chapters will be going up very soon!

So far, the following chapters have been edited:

● CHAPTER 1 (30/04/12)

● CHAPTER 2 (30/04/12)
- As suggested by the lovely Kate, Sophy and Helen, we now know how Anna finds out Felicity is looking to move in Chapter 2.
- As suggested by Kate and Ella, Anna now reflects on her actions immediately after getting fired at the end of the chapter.

● CHAPTER 3 (23/03/12)

● CHAPTER 4 (20/02/12)

● CHAPTER 5 (19/03/12)

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I'd love to know what you think? :)

Meanwhile, you have been a rock to me and I cannot thank you enough for your wonderful support and feedback!!! You truly are beautiful! I hope with your help we can take Miss Manners all the way to the ED! Then, if it ever gets published, I can invite you all to the book launch! Ah, one can dream... :)

Iman xxx
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HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Spring has sprung, which can only mean one thing - chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate!

Anna, dressed in a pink Easter bunny, gets into a fight with stuck-up socialite Pinkie and loses her job, car and money all on the same day!

Can you show her your support by helping her get to the Editor's Desk?

Iman xxx

***LATEST EDITS***

Chapter Amendments:

Chapter 1 - The City (20/02/12)
Chapter 2 - Attack of the Giant Bunny (23/03/12) NEW!
Chapter 3 - Hartland Road (23/03/12) NEW!
Chapter 4 - Barfly (20/02/12)
Chapter 5 - The Oracle (Coming Soon this Friday 16th March!)

***CONTACT***

Agents/Editors can contact me at info@imansid.com

***PRAISE FOR MISS MANNERS***

Manners, Men, Magic and Masquerade.

"A delicious read! It will melt even the hardest heart. Full of laughs and lip-gloss brilliant!"
Katina Grist Jones, author of Hens from Hell.

"Miss Manners' wicked humour soars above other Chick Lit offerings. It fizzes and sparkles like the drink of choice of It Girls. If you've heard one news story too many about miserable, recession hit Britain then read this."
Lambert Nagle, author of Revolution Earth.

“Hugely entertaining!”
Caroline Batten, author of Forfeit.

“Perfect Chick Lit!”
Tammy Robinson, author of Charlie and Pearl.

"I loved this book! It was fast, furious, fun, fabulous and uproariously funny!! I can’t think of a woman who wouldn’t want this book! A Chick Lit gem! To read it is to devour it!"
Connie King, author of Sinners and Shadows.

“I hate Chick Lit but love this writing! Brilliant, fast-paced POV with self-reflective and humorous italicized sections!”
Andrew Wright, author of Benevolence.

"Fast-paced, fresh, funny and faultlessly written!"
Julianne Townsend, author of Trusting Claude.

“Hilarious, relentless whirlwind of a romp!”
Tod Schneider, author of The Lost Wink.

“Witty, pithy and quirky! Chick Lit at its best!”
Dina Rae, author of Bad Juju.

“A fun, flighty read! It’s like reading your way through a box of addictive chocolates!”
J.S. Watts, author of Witchlight.

"Fresh, original, funny and entirely relatable both to men and women."
Brian Ault, author of Paisti Avalu.

"David Sedaris-style Chick Lit!"
Anne Campbell, author of Polly.

"Oscar Wilde wit!"
Jeffrey LeBlanc, author of The Devil of Black Bayou.

***ACKNOWLEDGMENTS***

Thank you SO much to absolutely everyone who has kindly taken the time to read, back, rate, comment on, watchlist and recommend Miss Manners so far!

Thanks to your incredible support, Miss Manners has managed to climb the ranks from #5000 to #500 in less than 2 weeks, enter the Top #100 in under a month and the Top #20 in a month-and-a-half on the Editor's Desk chart!!!

I am SO grateful for all your support and will ensure all feedback will be taken into consideration during my next edit.

Oh, and I enjoy reading ALL genres and am always happy to help! :)

A HUGE thank you to the following Authonomites for their invaluable feedback:

● Robert Lawrence (To Set a Mouse Running)
● Bess Vanrenen (Camp Smeat)
● Bethany Rojsczyk (Shadow's Breath)
● Sue Bingham (Alien Light)
● Victor Valentin (The Lat Falcon)
● David Karademas (Unburdened)
● Kate LaRue (Fade)
● Sophy
● Danielle
● Amy Smith
● Sarah Monk (Sit, Stay, Leave!)
● Duncan Watt (Sunday Girl)
● James A. Gravil (Tamria: Book One)
● Roy Belletete (In Search of a Memory)
● Bill Carrigan (The Doctor of Summitville)
● Francesca Huber (In the Absence of Light)
● Hermione Ainley (Home from Home)
● Helen Meikle (Six Weeks in Summer)
● Lucy Pizey (Fool's Paradise)
● Sarah Carter (Domus Inter)
● Nancy Griffis
● Dan Carroll (Slum)
● Graham Debenham (Back from the Dead)
● Barbara Gaskell Denvil (Satin Cinnabar)
● Paige Daniels (Non-Comliance)
● Andi Brown (Animal Carcker)
● Ella Jayne (Dragon Gift)
● Marla Bowie (After)
● Dianna Lanser (Nothing But The Blood)
● Caroline Batten (Forfeit)
● Lucy Middlemass
● Claire Lyman (Inevitable)
● Kim Padgett-Clarke (Pain)
● GRH Wagner (Of Unicorns and Pegasuses)
● Carol Ritten Smith (Stubborn Hearts)
● Clair Gibson (Fat Bottomed Girls)
● K. R. Slifer (The Darkness of Gold)
● Brian Downes (Sojourns on Mars)
● Gail Cleare (Secrets we Keep)
● Julia Draper (Jelly-Boy)
● S. C. Thompson (Viene La Tormenta)
● Alexzandra Goode (Finding My Feet)
● Wendy Proteau (And When)
● Olive Field (Borrowed Light)

PLEASE NOTE: Although I have a backlog at the moment, I promise to read and comment on all watchlisted novels as soon as I can. :-)

***READING LIST***

Gorgeous books by talented writers I have read, rated, backed, commented on, watchlisted and recommended:

✓ Finding My Feet: Part One (Alexzandra Goode)
✓ The Governess (Ellise Weaver)
✓ And When (Wendy Proteau)
✓ Love Me Sane (Tralisa McNeal)
✓ Toads, Tarts and Taxis (Bea Sinclair)
✓ The Woman from E.A.R.L. (Georgia Peck)
✓ The Lighthouse (Millie J)
✓ Borrowed Light (Olive Field)
✓ Hens from Hell (Katina Grist Jones)
✓ Five Go Glamping (Sheena Mullally)
✓ Twisted Truth (Lesa Clarke)
✓ Guileless (Yasmin)
✓ Stubborn Hearts (Carol Ritten Smith)
✓ Charlie and Pearl (Tammy Robinson)
✓ The Darkness of Gold (K.R. Slifer)
✓ La Vie en Rosé (Melanie Jones)
✓ Inevitable (Claire Lyman)
✓ Gut Instincts (Melissa Koehler)
✓ Steering Darkness (Philippa Hunt)
✓ Sauce on the Ceiling (Jen Small)
✓ Forfeit (Caroline Batten)
✓ Soujourns On Mars (Brian Downes)
✓ Driving Winds (Shelby Z)
✓ Fat Bottomed Girls (Clair Gibson)
✓ Alexis: Tears of Blood (Elora Carmen Shore)
✓ Sea of Jasmine (Hana Bathir)
✓ Who Killed the President (Jo Lynn)
✓ The Aventures of Tom Spooner (Tom Spooner)
✓ Viene La Tormenta (S.C. Thompson)
✓ Jelly Boy (Julia Draper)
✓ Secrets We Keep (Gail Cleare)
✓ Jessup and the Teleporter (D.S. Hale)
✓ The First Chapter (Zerin Mewa)
✓ The World of the Enchanted (Tingting Zhao)
✓ That's Charming (Heather Lawson)
✓ In the Absence of Light (Francesca Huber)
✓ Lightning in my Wires (Caitlin Avery)
✓ Payback (Jon Michaels)
✓ Sinners and Shadows (Connie King)
✓ Slum (Dan Carroll)
✓ Tamria: Book One (James A. Gravil)
✓ The Doctor of Summitville (Bill Carrigan)
✓ Dark Side (C. C. Brown)
✓ Pain (Kim Padgett-Clarke)
✓ See-Saw (Dave Hill)
✓ Shades (Lee Morrison)
✓The Legend of the Travelers: Willow's Journey (Jennifer Killby)
✓ No Kisses (Anna Salole)
✓ Sally of Sping Row (Emma Hornby)
✓ Pretty in Black (Patricia Grim)
✓ Trapped (Fran Macilvey)
✓ Lessons in the Dark (Melissa Hudson)
✓ Be the Human Sunshine (Clare Bostock)
✓ The Perfect Catch ( Louise Hansen)
✓ To Dream Again (Ruth Benton)
✓ The Mist (Nagwa Malik)
✓ Aracelis (Richard A. Wentworth)
✓ The God of Wine (Elizabeth Zahzam)
✓ Alien Light (Sue Bingham)
✓ Christian and Arabella (Angela De Souza)
✓ Evolve (Barbara Rayne)
✓ The Merriweather Family (Abigail Brake)
✓ Philosophia (Kayla Shaw)

Books next on my *priority* reading list (based on those who have kindly read, rated, backed and commented on Miss Manners):

- The Show is On (Shaina Cilimberg)
- Rage of Whispers (Joserie A. Fabroa)
- A Life in the Day of Utter Nonsense (James Cassidy)
- Weekend Chimney Sweep (Marija Fekete-Sullivan)
- Revolution Earth (Lambert Nagle
- Nothing But the Blood (Dianna Lanser)
- Fractured into Faithful (Sallee Bonham)
- Tristan vs Sarah: Battle in the Gaiasphere
- After (Marla Bowie LePley)
- The Albion Pages (R K Summers)
- Dragon Gift (Ella Jayne)
- Spinning Wheel (Almas Menon)
- Heartless (Sue Edwards)
- Bite Mark (James E. Coplin)
- Comic Relief (Sophie Johansson)
- Headliner (Ilyria Moon)
- The Singular Affair of Skarn Head (Pat Black)
- Satin Cinnabar (Barbara Gaskell Denvil)
- Grahan Debenham (Back from the Dead)
- Bad Men and Bad Odds (Roy Earle)
- Fire Magic (Rebecca Tillman)
- Benevolence (Andrew Wright)
- Last Rain (B.L.S.)
- Marking Time (Crispy)
- Paddy Nemesis (Phil Cone)
- Fool's Paradise (Lucy Pizey)

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--NOVELS--

● Miss Manners (2012)
http://www.authonomy.com/books/39355/miss-manners

--SHORT STORIES--

● Diary of a Commuter (2011)
http://www.circalit.com/mademoiselle/projects/diary-of-a-commuter

--PLAYS--

● Tapestry of Fear (2008)

--AWARDS--

● Shortlisted for the Old Vic TS Eliot US / UK Exchange (2010)
● Shortlisted for the NSDF Emerging Artists Awards: Best Writing (2008)
● Masterclass at the Donmar Warehouse (2002)
● Churchill Theatre Playwriting Award (2001)

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