I hope you’re sitting down
That’s what the email said. The email just received from my literary agent, currently on holiday somewhere hot with unreliable internet access. The email that said my agent has received a bloody...
View ArticleA week is a long time in politics…
…but a fortnight is a bloody long time to keep your lip zipped when you’re sitting on astonishing news like this. Lest I get too big-headed about this, I shall let theBookseller.com tell the story:...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name?
Quite a lot, actually. A lot of to-ing and fro-ing, trying to find one that looks right, sounds right, balances well on a book cover and isn’t too hard to pronounce (so you don’t end up with lots of...
View ArticleLiterary lunch
On Thursday, I travelled down to London to meet my agent and publisher. This, I thought, would make everything official, and I would henceforth be able to call myself a Proper Author. Despite hailing...
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London Book Fair 2011
On Tuesday 12th April, I went down to London Book Fair. I’d been invited by Orion to meet up with those of my foreign publishers who were in town for the Fair, and they’d very generously thrown in a...
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