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25th January 2021
'What type of book have I written?' isn't a question as uncommon among writers as one might expect, particularly as the process of submitting to...
Your book is in a realistic setting, and your fictional characters depict modern themes and the society in which we live. This is quite a broad category as it can cross with other genres. Popular authors of contemporary fiction include Ann Patchett, Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby.
There is a myth that the writer is a lonely and isolated creature, working locked away somewhere, observing but not interacting with the world. I’...
It’s been a while since my last blog post here and a lot has happened. After meetings with a commissioning editor at a ‘Big Five’ publisher, my...
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‘What if…?’ The question alone is so intriguing, it could form the beginning of a novel.
I do often use the ‘What if?’...