Well... I was searching about J.K. Rowling's early life to know which publishing house accepted Harry Potter books first. There I found Bloomsbury's site and looked for the option "Contact Us". Then comes the big surprise: Right at the page's top was written - "Please note that Bloomsbury no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts and cannot return any material sent to us. Please visit the Writers' and Artists' website and the Writers’ and Artists’ blog to find out more about getting published and how to get an agent." That's why I'm here now!!
So how did you find Writers & Artists?
Ooops, meant purchased not published in first para!
I decided to sign up to W&A after receiving an email regarding the 'How to get published' course which I thought looked good. I guessed I'd received the email as I'd published a copy of the W&A Yearbook a few years ago and thought I must have signed up to receive info.
Then I did that thing whereby I checked the members listing to see if anyone else had the same name as me (is that what other writers do?) and low and behold I found another Mark Braybrook on the site! Upon checking this person's profile I thought; this guy has a very similar profile to me... yep, you guessed it - it was me. I must have signed up a few years ago under a different email address and forgotten all about it!
How could I have neglected such a valuable information centre for the aspiring writer?
Shame on me!
Mark
Looking for advice from publishers for my FMP, and a link from Bloomsbury Publishers website