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Manuscript Assessment with 2023 One Dublin One Book author Andrew Hughes
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… Read more
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Joseph O’Connor: “In all the great city of London, there was no happier youngfella that night.”
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 more
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5 Reasons You Should Enter the Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award (2023)
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… Read more
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Rónán Hession – “My only motivation was to give expression to my creative impulses”
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 more
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5 Tips for Getting Your First Book Published
By Caroline Madden “I received 47 rejections spread across a few years.” “I sent the book off to around a dozen publishers and a dozen agents. I got 14 rejections and the rest didn’t bother answering.” “It got rejected left, right and centre.” The first two quotes are from Booker Prize-nominated authors Donal Ryan (read… Read more
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“When Little Bones came out, it was No 1 in the bestseller list for 4 weeks” – author Sam Blake
Today we’re lucky enough to be joined by bestselling author Sam Blake, aka literary legend Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin (founder of http://www.writing.ie), who tells us how a chance conversation with an agent led to a three-book deal Read more