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How not to be a dick when you get a book deal 😉
Apologies for the slightly tongue-in-cheek title for this post, but it was one of those ideas that just popped into my head randomly when I was walking…
Jun 19
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 30 – what you do does actually matter
Oh my goodness, I actually feel quite emotional writing this post.
Jun 10
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 29 – publishing runs on hype
The most shocking thing I think I have learnt from my five years of being published is that the industry often knows which books are going to be the…
Jun 6
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 28 – your characters are unlikeable
Sometimes I think it doesn’t matter if your characters are PERFECT.
Jun 4
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 27 – no-one knows anything
No one knows anything… including me.
May 31
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 26 – you should write the book that's in your heart
An interesting thing happened to me after I had written two books.
May 28
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 26 – you should write the book that's in your heart
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 25 – goodreads and netgalley are the devil's work
Oh Goodreads!
May 22
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 24 – you know your book better than anyone else
I think when we’re starting out, most writers feel - understandably - that we don’t really know much about anything.
May 19
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 24 – you know your book better than anyone else
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 23 – I still google 'how to write a novel' every time I start
One of the benefits of being a published author is that other avenues of work open up for you.
May 15
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 23 – I still google 'how to write a novel' every time I start
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 21 – there will be times when it all feels hopeless
I’ve said before that I hate the massively overused rollercoaster analogy when it comes to having a career as an author, but I’m afraid that it’s so…
May 13
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 20 – (your) social media doesn't sell books
Let me start this post by saying that, contrary to popular belief, I don’t hate social media.
May 11
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30 things I've learnt from 5 years being published: no 19 – there is hope after bad track
Not sure what ‘bad track’ means?
May 9
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