So last Wednesday I went up to The Big Smoke to visit Random House for the very first time. It’s impressive. Lookit: The occasion was my first publicity meeting, during which I would meet my new editor, Tom Avery, for the first time, along with Laura Mell my publicist and Vicki Watson from marketing. My [...]
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Proof of the proofs
August 27th, 2009 9 Comments
Today, after a bit of postal service wrangling, I received two copies of the printed proofs of Advice for Strays from my publisher. I can’t really describe what it’s like to see my words as they will appear in the printed book, all small and perfect and lovely-of-font. So I won’t try. I spent some [...]
Tags: Advice for Strays · novelling · OMG · procrastination · Writing
Novelling: the latest
November 27th, 2008 1 Comment
People keep asking “What’s the latest on the novel?”, all wide-eyed and breathless and grinning. OK, maybe I’m exagerating their interest with the ‘breathless’ there. Also the ‘wide-eyed’. And usually they’re tight-lipped. And when I say ‘people’ it’s actually more like ‘my Mum’. But still, I’m getting a little tired of having to disappoint them. [...]
Tags: Adrift · Advice for Strays · NaNoWriMo · novelling
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