So you are an unpublished writer and you want to get published, which genre gives you the best chance of landing a book deal? The premise of this post is that the more popular the book genre, the more books that are published and the higher the chance of you landing a book deal. The [...]…
For a number of years I worked alongside writer Terry Deary, helping him to research a number of the Horrible Histories titles. This is what I learned from the master… The key to effective research is to know what it is that you need to know! It is essential to recognise that there are two [...]…
It is the goal of many writers, to be able to give up their day jobs and spend their working hours writing novels and living the life of an author. Super star best-sellers aside, is this such an unrealistic and distant goal? In this post I will explain the way writers earn money and outline [...]…
Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue. Jack Woodford If you follow the techniques outlined in this post you will be able to write more effective and revealing dialogue for your novels. The techniques will allow you to avoid writing one dimensional characters that fail to grasp the reader’s interest and [...]…
In this post I will show you how to write a query letter that will ensure that your book’s narrative, genre and place in the market is clearly understood. It will allow you to write a query letter that will give your book the best possible chance of receiving a fair assessment from potential agents [...]…
Getting a book into print is far from a simple process. It involves numerous people, hundreds of man hours and plenty of sweat and tears. This post sums up the steps that a book goes through from idea to print. Before I begin to detail the steps involved in the publishing process, please let me [...]…
When preparing your book for submission to an agent or publisher, you must remember that the agent or publisher will be assessing you, your book and your concept for commercial viability. In other words, the agent or publisher will be looking at your book and trying to determine if all the boxes have been ticked [...]…
In this article I will teach you a set of techniques that will allow you to bring cohesion and a meaningful narrative arc to the structure of your novel. The techniques will allow you to avoid producing confusing, and emotionally disappointing story narratives. Ultimately, these techniques will allow you to produce a novel that stands [...]…
Book proposals are BubbleCow’s ‘thing’. At BubbleCow we help writers to polish their book proposals to the highest possible standard. This post with show you how to write a successful book proposal. Though there is no one standard book proposal, there are a number of tricks and tips you can use to produce a book [...]…
As the war of the eReaders hots up, writers are being presented with a new and potentially profitable route to market. For the first time, Independent Writers have a self-publishing avenue that is not only low cost, but also offers the realistic prospect of reaching a significant number of readers, whilst actually making a profit [...]…
