Mention Hollywood and novelists hear promises of riches, fame and glory.

But any writer who ventures into Hollywood alone or with an agent as their guardian actually walks buck naked and unarmed onto a battlefield filled with trained soldiers poised to strip that writer of everything that matters most to them, including the rights to their own work.

In this invaluable guide, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers novelists an arsenal of survival tools and tips for the unwary.

"Such wise words! Even successful, high-earning novelists can be lured by the siren song of Hollywood and end up getting sucked into projects that never make it to the screen." —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author