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March 7, 2011
Bisto Book Shortlist 2011 – with my comments on each of the shortlist – yes, sticking my neck out yet again!
So here it is – the 2011 Bisto Award Shortlist – I got 6 out of 10 which isn't bad! Delighted to see so many picture books on it – it's a picture book bonanza – YEAH! § A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton – correct (I mean I got this correct!) it should will [...]
March 2, 2011
My Bisto Award Predictions for Monday – OLiver Jeffers to Win!
The Bisto Awards shortlist will be announced on Monday. I have no idea what's on the list. But here are my predictions so you can laugh at me on Monday when I've called it completely wrong! Bisto Awards 2011 (Books published in 2010) There will be 10 titles shortlisted. This year the picture books are [...]
February 28, 2011
Chases and Cute Meets: Romcom cliches and why they work . . .
A few weeks back I posted some YA clichés, this time it's the turn of the rom-coms. This goes for books mainly, but also movies. Please feel free to add some of your own in the comment box! Some romantic comedy conventions: 1/ A chase – especially an airport chase. 2/ The 'cute meet' – [...]
February 24, 2011
Chases and Cute Meets: Romcom clichés and why they work . . .
A few weeks back I posted some YA clichés, this time it's the turn of the rom-coms. This goes for books mainly, but also movies. Please feel free to add some of your own in the comment box! Some romantic comedy conventions: 1/ A chase – especially an airport chase. 2/ The 'cute meet' – [...]
February 21, 2011
Want to Be a Published Writer? You'll also need the following skills – multimedia producing, blogging, performing . . . and many more
I'll have to be quick today as I have a book waiting to be line edited, another which needs a first edit, and yet another which needs to be written. But I'll do this first (see how much I love you, people!). There was an interesting piece in yesterday's Sunday Business Post about journalism – [...]
February 17, 2011
I Am a Writer – Should I be Using Facebook or Twitter? Or is a Blog or a Website Enough?
(A short piece written partly in the form of notes – sorry, busy week! But the info should be of use I hope!) Recently I've been asked this question a lot by new or about to be published writers: should I have a Facebook page? What's the point of Twitter? What should I blog about? [...]
February 14, 2011
Date A Girl Who Reads – Date A Girl Who Spends Her Money on Books Instead of Clothes – Why? Read On!
One of my lovely readers, Amy F, found this on a blog and I thought I'd share it with you. It's by a writer called Rosemary Urquico. Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many [...]
February 10, 2011
Just Like Starting Over – Knowing When Your Book Just Is Not Working (and what you can do about it)
Just Like Starting Over – Knowing When Your Book Just Isn't Working (and what you can do about it) Last week I was going great guns on my new book, The Shoestring Proposal, the second book about two sisters called Julia (Jules) and Pandora Schuster. So there I was, typing away happily, 10,000 words in [...]
February 7, 2011
Motivation – writing through coldness, snoring, sad thoughts and other things . . .
Today I have no heating. We ran out of kerosene over the weekend. The nice Topaz delivery man arrived this morning and filled the tank, but for some reason I can't get the boiler to re-light. So the house is pretty cold and Ben (my partner) who is the practical one in our house is [...]
February 3, 2011
Literary Agents – how to find a good one and why I chose an agent based in London
I was prompted by a feature by Catherine Heaney in today's The Gloss (The Irish Times magazine) to write about agents. The piece is mainly about Irish agents and I've often been asked why I don't have an Irish agent. I'm represented by Lucas Alexander Whitley, LAW, and in particular Philippa Milnes-Smith and Peta Nightingale. [...]
