A short time ago I joined theĀ Alliance of Independent Authors having self-published Shallow Waters at the end of December last year. In that short time, I have found the community of people within the group to be friendly, open and incredibly helpful. Generous and giving of their time. No question too small or silly. (There’s […]
Can Diversity Really Exist in Publishing?
If you’re a book lover then you know that there has been another incident of mass racial abuse on Twitter. That or you’ve had your head in a box – or a book maybe! Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman gave an interview to Sky where she said that children’s books needed more diversity. It was incorrectly […]
Agency Day – The Importance Of Meeting With Other Writers
This weekend I spent Saturday at agent Kate’s, agency away day. It was a great chance for her clients to get together and eat lots of biscuits. Erm, I mean, talk about writing related stuff. My agent Kate Nash and newly promoted literary agent Sarah Taylor, as well as providing us with plenty of tea […]
Green Reader
Last year I did a post during the A to Z challenge titled Green Writer. It was about the pressure our planet is under environmentally and how writers, and writing, can and do impact on our environment and how we can lower any harm we do. I think this past year has shown that the […]
Book Format. It's A Rapidly Changing World
A much discussed subject on the internet, as well as in writing and book magazines, is the state of the publishing industry, and how ebooks and self publishing are changing the previously well known model of publishing. A model, that the publishing industry is trying to adapt to. I had my own experience of figuring […]