Author of kooky cosy mysteries, cookbooks, general fiction and children's adventure stories.
I am bang, smack in the middle of rewriting (and I mean rewriting) my cosy mystery story. I received some exceedingly valuable feedback from an agent about this piece, and what it needs to reach a marketable point. Scary advice - but once I stopped sulking, and really looked it, I realised that she was… Continue reading Panic editing, pitching and other messy processes.
"Pete and the Persian Bottle" by Sarah Jackson, a book for junior readers, is available in e-book (kindle) format for free from 24th to 28th of December. Download it via Amazon. Happy Christmas from Big Bulb Books! About the book: Pete and the Persian Bottle is the story of nine-year-old Peter (Pete) Bartlett, an average… Continue reading A Christmas Gift for you!
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!
Another mixed bag, both in terms of genre and quality. **** "Mr Love and Justice" by Colin MacInnes **1/2 "Project Emergence" by Jamie Zakian **** "Fantastical Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K.Rawling ***** "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" by Horace McCoy **1/2 "Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the… Continue reading March Book Review Round Up
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