by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog, first novel, Reviews
The fine folks at Whispering Stories wrote a wonderful 5-star review of Inherit Guilt back in the summer and, even though I posted links to it on my social media accounts, I (shamefully) neglected to post a link to it here. At risk of appearing conceited, my favourite...
by admin | Sep 18, 2019 | first novel, writing
I knew it had to be done, but it’s something I put off for many months. Almost a year in fact. I wrote another novel in the interim. It’s not like I simply had some polishing to do, so it wasn’t like ripping off a band-aid. (Unless that band-aid was...
by Russell | Aug 14, 2018 | first novel, writing
Zoom. Zip. Four months just flew by. There was another edit, of course, and Chapter Nine is no more. Its chewy bits remain scattered throughout the first chapter, but most of it is in the bin where it belongs. It was a massacre of darlings. And it felt good. But the...
by Russell | Apr 7, 2018 | first novel, submitting
One of the agents I queried required a query (what a mouthful) follow a very specific format, so I found myself copy and pasting lines from my synopsis. After reading and re-reading the query, to ensure it ticked all the boxes, I realized this letter sounded better...
by Russell | Apr 7, 2018 | first novel, submitting
It’s been a long road so far, but I feel like I’ve just pulled out of the driveway. After polishing my first three chapters, drafting my synopsis, fine-tuning and personalizing each query letter, researching and selecting the most suitable agents, I sent...
by Russell | Apr 5, 2018 | first novel, submitting
I’ve been researching/querying literary agents for the past few days, putting in around 20 hours total so far. The (p)research I did, reading everything I could on finding and choosing an agent, didn’t make it sound simple, but didn’t prepare me for...
