Very short and sweet one today Adventurers. Have been working a lot on sorting out jobs and such, attending interviews, sending off applications – one thing I will say, I’m terrible at blowing my own trumpet for the forms. I can do it, but when I do, it seems I either undersell in classic British …
Tag Archives: querying
Not Wasted
Well, got the email from the Publisher considering the Ares Gambit, and they were very polite, but formulaic in their decision not to proceed. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little disappointed, but they invited me to submit again with another proposal in the future and they replied to me shortly before …
Own Sweet Time
Thought I’d write something and catch up with you all! Thanks to all my long term adventurers and those new to the fold for sticking with it! Been up and down busy lately, with two projects now sitting in a lull, awaiting decisions. Got one off with an Editor – only because it’s a totally …
Belay that!
It’s a naval (not navel!) term meaning to stop or put something off. Once more I have decided to play the long game and have sent my MS for The Ares Gambit off to DAW Books, the Sci-fi/Fantasy arm of Penguin books USA. I thought long and hard about it, considered the wait time and …
In Other Words…
Hello folks, welcome to our new members! A good start to the year, are the notifications of eager minds and fellow adventurers! Well, we have not been slack over these last couple of weeks, and whilst the the world turns and things are nuts, we have no choice but to Keep Calm and Carry On. …
Market Value
I’m pensive due to listening to the excellent Surviving Mars soundtrack, and still turning over the recent experience with the publisher in my head and it has been exceptionally useful to codify my understanding of something I gleaned from David Morrell’s The Successful Novelist, in which he cautions about writing to an existing market, or …
Just Do(n’t) It
I can’t afford Shouty LeBeef, nor do I want to pay him royalties, nor do I own running shoes named after a Greek goddess (Nike), so we’re just going to have to make do. Let’s get down to brass tacks. When I frequented Twitter, I had several mutual followers, I followed them, they followed back, …
Networthking
A quick hello to a handful of new adventurers to the blog – I welcome you! Pull up a chair and huddle round the campfire, for the stars are out, the moon hangs in the night like a silver coin and the toll is paid for tales of danger, derring-do and shenanigans! Another apology I’m …
Long Story Short
If you’re going to try for traditional publishing, you need to try and snag an Agent. I am primarily an Indie author, and this can cause a bit of trouble, because if you go to an Agent they can be left unimpressed – and with good reason. However, even with my heart in my mouth …
