So, here’s the third in my collection of posts on how to get published. Please bear in mind what I said in the first of these and go and do more research. I’m not an authority on the subject. One thing you should do if you honestly hope to get a book published is go [...]
Archive for October, 2008
How to get Published – part three
11 October 2008
How to get published – part two
8 October 2008
This is the second in my series of posts offering my advice on how to get published. Today’s advice is to write something really good.
OK, hands up everyone who’s bought a book, started reading it and thought, “I could write better than this. If this guy’s published, I should have no problem.” Yes, there [...]
How to get published – part one
7 October 2008
This is the first in a series of posts about how to get a novel published.
Now, I understand that people reading this post might want to be a bit dubious about anything I write here. After all, I’ve only had a publishing contract for one book and that’s not out in print yet. I’m [...]
Why I write
5 October 2008
I’ve been asked in the past, on many occasions, by many different people, why I write or how long I’ve been writing. The truth is, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t making up stories.
I have a memory of when I was pretty young, making a little “book” by folding sheets of A4 paper [...]
A little summary
3 October 2008
If I expect anyone but me to be excited about my upcoming book, I need to tell you something about it.
The book’s title is Child of the Hive. There’s a little “provisional” in brackets next to this in the contract, but I don’t expect it to change. A few random people have told me they [...]
Signed and ready
2 October 2008
I’ve signed the contract to have my first novel published by Book Guild. I’ve been wondering for a while about writing a blog to discuss and share my fiction. This seemed the perfect time to start.
It will be about a year before my novel is ready to hit the shelves, but I’ll be updating this [...]
