This is one of my peonies! Isn’t it lovely? They’ve mostly all come out this year, and seeing it makes me happy. I wish there were more bees about to visit it, but the weather has been awful. At least it helps everything grow! Anyway, on a related note, Covenant, my Line-of-Fire meets Underworld manuscript …
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Black Library Open Subs (II)
This is my submission (Ferrymen) to the Warhammer 40,000 Black Library Open Subs window for 2023, which was rejected. I did say I would drop it here, (I don’t think I have done so before) but life has been very busy and troublesome. The Publishers requirements/Application criteria were, at best, nebulous. I read between the …
Cookie Crumbled (Part 1)
A big thanks to everyone for liking, or sending kind thoughts – you know who you are! Unfortunately the agent I mentioned yesterday has declined. It was a substantial email explaining why. I’m going to take an unprecedented step here, and let you see it for yourselves. “Dear Arron, I read your material over the …
Nervous Deposition
Agents. If you want to be Trad Pub’d (Traditionally Published, to those in the know, what, what) you need one. On Thursday last, I contacted a fellow to follow up my submission of my historical fantasy War Mages: Sharpshooter, emailed two weeks before. This agent has a solid client list and a quick turnaround, welcoming …
Second Helpings
Busy couple of weeks these last. Out of 12 Agents, so far I’ve had three replies to decline my manuscript, and five deadlines without reply (basically, no response). So, the quick thinkers that you are reveals there are only four left to come in, and they’re a while off. I have been working on other …
Agent Provocateur
No, not some band from the 1980’s, although there were a good few…I have submitted War Mages: Sharpshooter to twelve literary agents, so we’ll see how we do. I did my best to meet all the agent’s submission guidelines, so I hope I get a fair shot. What I did notice were so many different …
Let’s Go to Work
Well, Magic Pencil has the manuscript for my Alternative Historical Fantasy War Mages: Sharpshooter, and whilst they bounce the red marker across it, I have to start the laborious task of getting things ready for one of the most nerve-wracking, and frustrating trials a writer can face: Querying. NOTE: There are other horrific trials I …
Picking Up The Pace
Gone through the editor’s report with a fine tooth comb, made lots of amendments, hopefully made the plot and context of the scenes in War Mages: Sharpshooter a lot stronger. Now it’s another full readthrough and line edit to make the pacing lean and tight. Then it’s off to the copyeditor and proof-reader at Magic …
Progress Report
Rapid fire one today! Had some feedback from a man of the cloth – of all people – on my Middle Grade Low Fantasy book. It’s still under a working title, but I think I might alter it slightly to better meet reader expectation. I’ll be going forward with that and some more feedback I’ve …
Three Pronged Reproach
Some news from the boulderline! With a little guidance from my editor and valuable feedback from my test readers and the wonderfully eagle-eyed Copyediting and Proofreading by Polly at Magic Pencil, my Middle-Grade Historical Fantasy was polished up enough for me to send it out to three agents looking for that type of work. I’d …
Mightier Is The Pen 