COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘A Complete Fiction’ by R.L. Maizes

This week, we’re giving away three copies of A Complete Fiction by R.L. Maizes. A Complete Fiction by R. L. Maizes is a sharp, darkly funny novel about an aspiring writer who accuses a famous editor of stealing her manuscript, sparking a public scandal. As her own book is published, she’s forced to face the messy truth about ambition, ownership, and the stories we claim. Here’s the blurb:

Ride-With-Me driver P. J. Larkin has written three unpublished novels and is desperate for her latest, a #MeToo story, to find a publisher. Her agent sent it to George Dunn, editor at Peapod Press, but he rejected it. George has just sold his own novel for a million dollars. But wait: did he steal P. J.’s novel?

That’s what P. J. imagines and she impulsively posts about George’s book on social media.

Within hours, George is embroiled in a scandal, his job and book deal in jeopardy. Amid the publicity, P. J.’s novel is snapped up by another publisher. But has P. J. revealed her sister Mia’s secrets in her book? Mia thinks so.

Now it’s P. J.’s turn to feel the online heat.

R.L. Maizes creates appealing characters and writes with humour and heart about the shenanigans of the publishing world. A Complete Fiction is a timely and hilarious novel about cancel culture, and who owns the stories that writers tell.

After all, who could make this stuff up?

If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!

Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 22 December 2025. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.

GOOD LUCK!

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR YOUR ENTRIES! WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND ANNOUNCED IN OUR NEWSLETTER.

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