authors on getting published
By Caroline Madden Looking for the very best writing competitions? Want to win cash prizes, agent introductions and even publishing contracts? Then check out the list of 29 incredible contests below! Whether you write short stories or novels, you're self-published or have yet to be published at all, you'll find lots of incredible writing contests just right for you in this post. I've tracked down the very best fiction competitions ... Read the Post...
As someone whose fiction has been represented by two different literary agents (the first ran her own small UK agency and the second is a director at a big London agency), I know just how important it is to have the right person out there championing your work. The mistake I made was assuming (oh, the naivety!) that once you were signed by an agent, that was it: you'd made it. Publication was only a hop, skip and a bottle of bubbly ... Read the Post...
I'm delighted to be joined today by Disha Bose whose incredible debut novel Dirty Laundry kept me up reading into the small hours recently! Here Disha talks about overcoming her fear of rejection, and the importance of finding an agent who deeply believes in you... Did you always want to be a writer? If so, do you think your upbringing played a role? Yes, my earliest memory of ‘wanting to be a particular thing when I grew up’ was ... Read the Post...
Caroline Madden Looking for literary agents in the UK? Then you've come to the right place! I've put together a list of UK-based agents who are open to submissions or, better still, actively searching for new writers... Before I got my current agent, Kesia Lupo (who is from the UK but is now US-based), I queried a few of the agents listed below. And although they rejected me, they rejected me politely, speedily and professionally. It's ... Read the Post...
I'm delighted to post this author Q&A with super-talented journalist and author Michelle McDonagh. I absolutely loved her debut novel There's Something I Have To Tell, which was released in 2023, and was very curious to find out about her path to publication. Here Michelle spills the beans on how she got a two-book deal with Hachette Ireland after years of abandoning half-written novels. Read on and be inspired! Q&A with ... Read the Post...
