Query letters Part 1- the work of the devil?
June 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
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 [...]
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Do you do Social Media?
May 25, 2009 in Uncategorized
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 [...]
Chapters 1 to 3 now available!
May 11, 2009 in writing
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 [...]
Chapters 1 and 2 now available as audiobook podcast!
May 8, 2009 in Uncategorized
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 [...]
Gearing up for a novel Podcast
April 27, 2009 in writing
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 [...]
Finding a Literary Agent
April 14, 2009 in Uncategorized, writing
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 [...]
What does “three sentences” mean? The Knight Agency comp update.
March 27, 2009 in Uncategorized
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 [...]
Writing news and a great new competition
March 25, 2009 in Uncategorized
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 [...]
