It goes clonk

“I have bought us a joint Christmas present!” She exclaims one afternoon…
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An agent in the middle

An agent in the middle

I follow a handful of  literary agents on twitter. One of the more consistently interesting and helpful is Rachelle Gardner, who feeds us eager authors insightful advice to light the path to acquiring and agent and publisher.
On her blog this week is a guest post from Billy Coffey, one of the authors she represents, discussing [...]


It’s that NaNoWriMo time again

It’s that NaNoWriMo time again

November approaches and the question “Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?” starts to flutter through authors’ blogs, twittering and conversations.
For those of you not familiar with the growing annual online event, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a challenge for anyone with the desire to write a novel, to start writing on November 1, and [...]


It has been quiet

It has been quiet

There has not been much going on here recently, and for good reason.
Persistent Spirit is undergoing a re-write. After having been away from it for a few months, I have returned to write the third full draft. I now fully understand the necessity of the breathing space to allow time before returning to the editing [...]


The Writer’s Handbook event blow-by-blow

The Writer’s Handbook event blow-by-blow

Yesterday’s series of seminar sessions put on for writers by The Writer’s Handbook, was, unsurprisingly, a mixed bag of great and worthless information. Thankfully, the good stuff more than compensated for the bad.
Our immediate impression was of a room filed with people who do not get out much. But what else might you expect of [...]