Andrew Lownie, the best-selling literary agent in the world according to Publishers Marketplace, and recently short-listed for The Bookseller UK literary agent of the year, explains how the agency goes about selling its authors. There are three
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It was a cold and gloomy winter morning in the North West of England. As I drove through the suburbs of Liverpool, my thoughts suddenly flicked to the opening scenes of a book I had read as a child. Elidor is a magical adventure, set in the back
A writer with an agent decides to self-publish? Really? Are they mad? Well, that’s what Alexander McNabb decided was the best option for this writing career. Below is a guest post where he explains why he decided to self-publish and
It isn’t a secret that getting traditionally published is becoming harder. My novel Essence was rejected thirty-nine different times when I started sending out query letters at the age of fourteen. Almost three years were spent compiling
In this article I will show you a new FREE iPhone app for writers that will help you stay focussed and write more words. If you are like me, you will find it all too easy to become distracted when you should be writing. All it takes is an email
If you’re an avid writer or blogger who has not yet thought about publishing an eBook, you’re missing an opportunity to generate a lot of new readers and some serious exposure to your work. With devices like the iPad and Kindle being readily
Nicola Morgan’s book on the teenage brain, Blame My Brain – The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed, has been popular and praised ever since first publication in 2005. It’s been translated into several languages and reprinted many times. Now there’s
Unless a writer has their iPhone fitted with a comfy bluetooth keyboard (and I’m sure some do), most writers don’t do a lot of actual writing on their smartphone. That’s not to say, however, that a writer can’t produce a substantial amount of
In this article AP Watt Agent Juliet Pickering outlines the best way to approach an agent with your book. She explains the role of an agent, what they are looking for and throws in a few insider secrets that will increase the chances of your
No matter what you feel about the age-old debate of ‘teaching creative writing’, one thing is true, a good grounding in the technical side of writing will make you a better writer. ‘Show, don’t tell’, has almost
Mar 2014