authors on getting published
Want your novel to shine and stand out from the crowd? Then you'll want to check out our new manuscript assessment service provided in collaboration with the 2023 One Dublin One Book author Andrew Hughes who is an expert at crafting fiction that agents, publishers and award judges can't resist! "The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean." - Robert Louis Stevenson ... Read the Post...
Today we're honoured to be joined by one of Ireland's most celebrated authors, Joseph O'Connor, whose powerful new literary thriller My Father's House went straight to the top of the Irish bestseller's list. Joseph talks to us about dealing with rejection, planning his novels, and being married to the greatest reader he knows... ... Read the Post...
Note: The deadline for the 2023 BPA Award has now passed. I will update this post as soon as the 2024 competition opens. Wondering if you should take the plunge and enter the Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award 2023? As an aspiring author myself - and a 2022 long-listee - I highly recommend going for it. When my work-in-progress The Husband Whisperer was long-listed for the last year's award (read an extract from my entry here), it led ... Read the Post...
We're delighted to be joined today by the critically acclaimed Dublin author, Rónán Hession, who tells us about taking the indie press route to publication ... Read the Post...
