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Too Dead To Care.
It’s list time again. This week it’s for everyone thinking that publishing a book will solve your financial, career and self-esteem issues and cause your nearest and dearest to treat you with respect and awe. The reality is… Getting published will not write your second novel for you. Or entice laundry fairies to come live in [...]
So you want me to read your manuscript.
My lovely friend Sophie Blackall, ace illustrator and keen observer of the arts scene, sent me a link to a most interesting article recently published in NYC. It’s called, “I will not read your @£%&*!?**@$ script,” only it does not use coy symbols to express, in unequivocal terms, how the author feels about being sent [...]
How to get your book published.
A few basic suggestions for those of you who don’t have an agent or a first cousin in publishing. 1. First, write your book. For a first novel, a synopsis and a few chapters is not enough. 2. Don’t over-write. Make sure all of your ms is necessary. 3. DO NOT think about the market. [...]
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