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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 [...]
Do you do Social Media?
First off – what is Social Media?
The quick definition is “Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings.” (from Wikipedia). So if you use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, Flickr etc, you are using Social Media.
Why do people do it?
There is no answer to this Or rather there are many, [...]
Chapters 1 to 3 now available!
Podcasting is fun!
It’s also hard work. But mostly, it’s fun. Today we published Chapter 3 of “Turning Left at Albuquerque” on turningleft.podebean.com. You can either go directly to the podbean site or you can listen to it via the podcast player on the right here, in the sidebar.
More updates every Monday and Friday
We decided to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Finding a Literary Agent
I am on a mission
Having completed my novel I am now at the painfully delicious stage of deciding what to do with it. There are various options open to me but I am concentrating on finding an agent for the moment.
What does an agent do?
There are many, many agents out there. But why would you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]