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Ten Tips for Getting Published
Are you hoping for a publishing deal in 2013? As the Crabbit Old Bat, I am known for my honest advice for writers. Here, you’ll find my books, old publishing blog and various resources. Write to be...
View ArticleResources for tonight’s talk on how to get a publisher
For the benefit of those people – apparently we’re talking around 90 so far – coming to my Waterstones talk this evening, I’ve put together some of the links I’ll be referring to. A reality check from...
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How to write a synopsis HAPPILY
Recently a lovely reader of Write a Great Synopsis sent me this email and gave me permission to reproduce it: Dear Nicola, I wanted to send a note of thanks for your book “Write a Great Synopsis”. With...
View ArticleIn praise of SCBWI – The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
It’s now ten years since I started trying to help writers towards publication, and to help published writers navigate the choppy but exhilarating waters of staying published. It’s over four years since...
View ArticleMy publishing/writing advice in a nutshell
I keep getting emails from people asking for publishing advice. This post is for them – and anyone who isn’t sure where my advice can be found. I’ve written books and have a million words of free...
View ArticleNewcastle Writing Conference – and thoughts on publishing
Today I’m on a panel about “breaking into publishing” at the Newcastle Writing Conference. For those attending the event and new to my advice, see here for my advice in a nutshell. That has links to my...
View ArticleWorkshop for 14-16-year-olds serious about writing – #edbookfest!
I didn’t think I was going to be able to tell you about this workshop I’m doing in the Edinburgh International Book Festival until the public programme is announced in June, but I just saw that my...
View ArticleWrite Tip: Voice and non-fiction
My weekly tip for writers is this: All writing needs a strong, appropriate and coherent voice. And non-fiction needs it as much as fiction does. To explain further: This is the text of a guest post I...
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Write Tip: Rein in your writing
I see a lot of manuscripts from writers hoping to be published. A lot. Mostly, I see them through my consultancy, Pen2Publication. (That’s not a plug, by the way, as I’m currently full!) And there are...
View ArticleWrite Tip: Are you starting in the right place?
In last week’s Write Tip, I said there were two faults that come up time and time again in the manuscripts I see through Pen2Publication, and I talked about the first one, “over-writing”. The second...
View ArticleNew Writers Awards – Scottish Book Trust
A plug for the wonderful Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards. Scottish Book Trust Searches Scotland for New Writing Talent Scottish Book Trust has announced that applications for the New Writers...
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Write tip: Write the damn book
My writing tip this week is simple. Just write your book. Stop fretting about platforms and Twitter and Facebook and whether you’ll pole-dance at your launch. Write. The. Damn. Book. And write it well....
View ArticlePlatforms for writers
My friend Stroppy Author was looking for my advice to writers about platforms and profile, so that she could link to it on a blog post about platforms, and she couldn’t find it. Understandably, as it...
View ArticleWrite tip: Get the tea-towel
As you know, I do an irregular “Write tip” for writers, as a continuation of my original blog which covered everything to do with writing for publication and led to the book Write to be Published, and...
View ArticleAgents and teenagers
An unusual combination! Am I writing a book about agents and teenagers? No, it’s that I bring you links to two places where I am today. On my Help! blog, a post about literary agents and what they do...
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Emerald Greene and the Witch Stones – Daniel Blythe
I’m running a short series of interviews with established published writers who have decided to publish a book themselves. First up is Daniel Blythe, and his new ebook, Emerald Greene and the Witch...
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Diary From the Rim – by Joan Lennon
The second in what is going to be a daily series for two weeks, featuring published writers who’ve decided to self-publish a book. Here is the sparky (and sparkly) Joan Lennon with her YA sci-fi ebook...
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Secret Territory – by Miriam Halahmy
My third featured published children’s author who is self-publishing is Miriam Halahmy. She is a novelist and poet who writes for adults, teens and children and runs creative writing workshops. Miriam...
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Little Witches Bewitched – Rhiannon Lassiter
Continuing my mini-series featuring published self-publishing authors, I am delighted to bring you the super clued-up Rhiannon Lassiter, who today publishes Little Witches Bewitched. I can’t think why...
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There Must Be Horses – Diana Kimpton
Continuing my series of interviews with published writers self-publishing, I bring you a stupendously generous (on her part!) interview with Diana Kimpton. Diana knows her stuff. This may be the first...
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