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 publishing independently....
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....
Fiction Feedback hints for impressing an agent...
What’s the single biggest flaw I see in writing? It has to be telling and not showing. Both on a micro and a macro scale. Show not tell is perhaps the piece of advice most handed out to writers. But what does it actually mean?...
The benefits of entering competitions are significant. They can be career-enhancing and even life-changing. So here's our top five reasons for entering competitions. Our last reason may surprise you, and it applies to all writing competition entrants, not just the winners. ...