Author of kooky cosy mysteries, cookbooks, general fiction and children's adventure stories.
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
During the writing of "Pete and the Persian Bottle" I learnt a great many things about being an author and the process of self-publishing and marketing. Along the way I made a great many mistakes. A scary number of mistakes. Probably the biggest mistake I made was rushing to finish. It was very important to… Continue reading Rushing to the finish line
So you think that your manuscript is all done!. You've edited it more times than you care to think about, you've sort and incorporated external feedback into it, and you've even prepared a super synopsis, author bio and cover letter to send off to various literary agents and publishers. Let's just hold on a moment.… Continue reading So you think that your manuscript is finished…
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 