Something I rarely consider when it comes to writing is the current trends and whether there is a market for my work. When it comes to selling something, I’m not at all experienced, so I thought I’d use this week’s post to muse on the subject. Read more…
I am not a fast writer. It can takes me weeks, if not months to finish even a 10,000 word story. My plan of writing on the train and Saturday mornings has certainly got me writing again, but it has not got me churning out the hits. I am anxious. I wonder if such slow progress is even worth it. Read more…
So for this week’s entry, I’m going to tackle a subject that isn’t about writing. Not the physical process of getting words down anyway. This week I’m going to talk about that ever elusive contract. Read more…
‘How did we ever get this far? I don’t know.’
The Godfather Many people have asked me how I came about to get this far with the writing. I love when people ask me that as if I’m polishing my Pulitzer Prize
for Literature already. The fact is, I know that this is going to be a long arduous journey. I know that I won’t be published with the next month or even six months. Hell, it could be a year before I see any results Read more…
Remember Dave Simpson, who did a couple of blog posts for the site a while back? Well he has some news, and a site of his own! Read more…
Writing comes with a Catch-22… no, not the book, though it is well recommended. As you may be aware there are lots of writers in this world (look in the library, lots of books, lots of writers wrote those books). Now, once you’ve written your book
or script or story or whatever, you think ‘right, I’ll just send this to (insert random publisher here)’. You think they will go ‘Perfect, get David on the phone we have a cheque for him.’ Read more…