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Query letters Part 1- the work of the devil?
Some might say it’s cruel and unusual and I’m not in the mood to disagree. I have been battling – and I mean battling - with my query letter for some weeks now. I wrote the first one, sent it off to five agents and waited for the offers to roll in. I had done
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Chapters 1 and 2 now available as audiobook podcast!
It’s been an exciting week
I published Chapter One of my new novel, “Turning Left at Albuquerque” on Monday, and Chapter Two has been published this morning. The feedback has been very positive so far, both on the podbean site and on FriendFeed. And more than that – it’s really exciting to be producing again! I
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Gearing up for a novel Podcast
Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood, ‘Mighty’ Mur Lafferty, and most recently Phillipa Ballantine: all these people are podcaster authors who have secured publishing deals because of the care, dedication and effort they put into serialising their work as podcasts.
What is a Podcast?
A year ago I wouldn’t have been able to answer this. To me podcasts were
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What does “three sentences” mean? The Knight Agency comp update.
Finding an agent – how hard can it be?
In truly annoying form, I am going to answer that with another question – how long is a piece of string? For the last year I have been cogitating the question of what to do when I finished my book. My ideal solution would be to find
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Writing news and a great new competition
Book in Progress
After the thrill of completing the first draft (I’ve been blogging about that on the last geek bus home), the editing has gone really well. I’m very pleased with the results. Editing a book that is in the region of 140,000 words is no small task but I can honestly say I have
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