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So it begins…
Welcome to my first post. I am writing this blog to record my journey in finishing my second manuscript and finding people who want to read it. I am an emphatic writer. I constantly have ideas of...
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Giving my book away for free
Something I have been thinking a lot about lately are the merits of giving my work away for free, in order to build an audience and a profile as an author. When I first posted Times of Trouble on...
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Rejection Emails from Agents
One of the agents who seems to do a very good job of communicating with writers and people desperate to have their proposals read is Nathan Bransford. Up until about two minutes ago, I thought Nathan...
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Rejection Letters from Agents and Publishers
In a previous post, you have seen the rejection emails I received from agents. You may also have seen my comments on agents and publishers who still expect aspiring authors to post them letters. I...
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Moving on from rejection
I often find it hard to bring together two of the mantras that help me to stay motivated in the face of rejection. The first is: ‘If my work is good enough, it will sell itself’ and the second is that...
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The Farmer and his Roadside Stall
In this wonderful post by Michael A. Stackpole, he compares self published authors to farmers who sell their produce from roadside stalls. Those who have traditional publishing deals are the farmers...
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#Pubwrite Genius
This afternoon, I inadvertently started a mini-discussion on twitter with some #pubwrite writing friends about remuneration for writers. I noticed Michael Palante tweet that he received an email...
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