Author of kooky cosy mysteries, cookbooks, general fiction and children's adventure stories.
I'm in the process of pitching three pieces (a cosy mystery, a children's fiction and a non-fiction gift book) to various publishers and agents. I also hope to have a few short pieces ready to submit to various journals and publications in the near future. What does this mean? Well, I suspect that I'm going… Continue reading Celebrate rejection!
In addition to my writing, book reviewing and writers group activities, I review pieces of work for a couple of women who, for various reasons, are unable to join a writers group. One of them, a person new to the writing game, recently submitted a manuscript for a review with a private editing service. She… Continue reading Giving feedback and the pain of rejection
A member of my writer's group recently read the published version of "Pete and the Persian Bottle". Her second comment to me (the first being that she enjoyed the book) was that she was amazed to see how much I had changed the book from the original draft and how I had incorporated the feedback… Continue reading The importance of feedback
Sarah Jackson 