Archive For The “literary agents” Category

Me & My Book Baby

By | February 13, 2011

Nowadays some parents-to-be send pictures of their foetus as Christmas cards. So here’s a Valentine’s greeting to you all: me & my book baby ready to go to the doctor aka as literary agent.I met the agent last week in his office, and he said my book fo…

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Publishable

By | December 11, 2010

Adjectivepublishable (comparative more publishable, superlative most publishable) 1. Able to be published.I’ve spoken to an agent who’s read my English novel, REPLACING ANGEL. It’s publishable. That’s the first thing he told me.Publishable, but not q…

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Behave and Submit

By | August 26, 2010

Writers need to make it part of their routine. Yes, it’s more fun to write than to read submissions guidelines and check for the eleventh time that you have numbered your pages, not written your name anywhere in the document and made sure the word coun…

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When you get a rejection …

By | July 26, 2010

… make sure you have a good friend and chocolate cake nearby!Today I had something exciting in the post, or so I thought. There was a slip from the post on the door mat, telling me I had to pick up a letter and pay for it as the sender had not put o…

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