Congratulations to our long-time author Austin Hernon who has had his first two novels about Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England published by Sapere Books over the last few months. The last one in the trilogy is due out later in 2024. Austin has been...
Keith Short's The Butterfly Wheel, a thriller with many twists and turns set in and around Cheltenham and Gloucester, is now available as an ebook after the paperback was published at the end of 2022. Keith Short is a an author who has used our critique...
UPDATE In 2023 Level Best Books published Blackshirt Conspiracy, the second in the trilogy by Jason Monaghan about a spy planted in the fascist movement in England in the 1930s. It takes history and gives it a bit of a shake, but always in a way...
Fiction Feedback has launched Crafting Crime, an online crime writing course with award-winning author and editor Martin Edwards. The course comprises 12 modules and is aimed at potential crime writers with a certain level of experience who would like to learn alone and study independently. There...
Fiction Feedback has added a new critique service for submissions of the opening of a novel - whether it's to an agent or publisher, or for a competition. The word count is a maximum 5,000. This might for instance include 3,000 words of the novel and...
Back in the dark reaches of 2020 Fiction Feedback critiqued two books by this author, Exodus of Spies and Coincidence of Spies. Brian was looking for an editorial opinion to help get them into shape for publication. He tells us he got a ‘massive fillip’ from...
We have launched our book marketing course, BookMarketingPro, the first course Fiction Feedback has offered. It's one-to-one, and tailored to your writing, your experience and your aspirations and marketing aptitudes. For more, see Resources. Email us: info@fictionfeedback.co.uk Photo: Anna Caig (L) and Dea Parkin, Editor-in-Chief at Fiction...
BookMarketingPro: Face-to-face coaching, tailored to you and your writing. Maybe you’ve not finished your novel yet, but you’re sensibly looking ahead. Or maybe your novel is completed and edited, your cover designed, the book ready to go. Maybe you have an agent and contract, maybe you’re...
Writing a query letter is tricky, striking the crucial balance between informing and persuading. Hard facts rather than verbosity are your best ally here and these are the points an agent or publisher will look for you to cover in your query letter. Succinct information about...
Writers can benefit from expert assistance when it comes to submissions and we're delighted to offer that help. First, please check that you've done the following. Check using the agent or publisher's website (not just the entry in Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, which can quickly be out...