My RejectionsUnsolicited Advice for Agents, Celebrity Exes and Fellow Upcoming WritersUnsolicited Advice for Literary Agents: Reply to submissions, even if it's to say no. How much time does it really take to send a form...
My Rejections5 Lessons That Helped Me Get PublishedSo, eventually, I found a publisher for my book, after a spot of rewriting and some lessons which I share here free of charge: Lesson...
My Rejections8. Unsatisfactory ProductsIt wasn't quite libel: my celebrity ex hadn't exactly made stuff up about me, despite a fair amount of spicing and omission. What he had...
My Rejections7. The SkanksI got some rejections. Which was bound to happen and put me in perfectly good company. Plus it was still early days: Marlon James's first...
My Rejections6. An Aloof & Reclusive AuthorI printed out my submission packages for agents 4,5 and 6, old-timers who wanted hard copies (cover letter, synopsis, first chapters). I...
My Rejections5. Tear-Jerking Love StoriesThe 'churning female degradation' bugged me but I had other agents to be fantasising about, with my so many irons in the fire. There were...
My Rejections4: Churning Female DegradationI braced myself to get a hundred rejections. I didn't really but that's what I told myself I was doing. I'd read a blog about it. I...
My Rejections3: Vain FusspotsMy novel was finally done and ready to submit to a choice selection of literary agents. Well it was kind of done. I'd been working on it...
My Rejections2: GONE GIRL meets THE DA VINCI CODEOne day my regular newsletter from the big agency whose debut novel competition I'd failed to win brought me exciting news. They'd be...
My Rejections1: Idle and Unprofitable SpeculationSometimes, during the many lonely years it took to write my novel TWICE, I'd consult the online Tarot to discover how my book would get...
