For those who have not already met her, I’m delighted to introduce novelist Harriet Smart. I bumped into Harriet on Twitter and was interested in her passion for research and her take on self- (or should I say indie?) publishing. We have also been known to swap Tweets on less urgent matters like what’s on T.V. So … Continue reading Guest appearance: Welcome Harriet Smart
Yes, I’m a day early, but this is just a heads-up for my Special Guest who is due to arrive on Tuesday (okay, a day late) for a post-Halloween chat. The guest in question (go on you can peek if you want to) is a master (mistress) of disguise, a historian, novelist and technophile who may well … Continue reading Tricks, treats and a real live witch
In a world where everyone thinks they can write and quite a few can, the only way to build up a CV (prior to that getting-a-book-deal moment) is to either get published in magazines or to get noticed in writing competitions. And with literary magazines few and far between, writing competitions (often linked to publication) … Continue reading It could be you. Or it could be a lottery.
It’s been a while since I wrote my Twitter profile (go on, read it), but it’s one I’m still quite happy with, at least until this week, when a perceptive follower (thanks Derek!) asked what the ‘breakthrough moment’ it mentions would actually look like to me. My first reaction was to reply ‘a book deal’ because … Continue reading The audience is out there
There’s a lot to be said for a catchy title. I mean, never having read a Western (oops, I’m forgetting All the Pretty Horses) and with a strong tendency to avoid cowboy films, what else would have made me pick up The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt except the desire to work out if it was … Continue reading The Sisters Brothers
