Lesson to authors: always research who you are submitting your manuscript to
Tramp Press is an independent press in Ireland, who recently announced two things: They won’t read any letters addressed to: Dear Sirs <— which…
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Book Blurbs: I genuinely do not know what this means
This is the lead in to a book blurb: This chilling novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends…
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#LoveOzLit: Maria Lewis on what she wished she knew about Publishing
NaNoWrimo is upon us and all you wonderful writers out there are working on your first, second or third or more novel! How you…
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Margaret Atwood wrote a comic & wore cat ears
Bet you never thought you’d see that! She’s written a comic too — about a mild-mannered genetic engineer, who after an accident, naturally, develops…
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When Book Blurbs Say Nothing at all
Alright, up above is the cover for Lie to Me and here’s the book blurb: “I suppose what I am saying is, how much…
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Reboots and now rewrites?
Karen Hall is an acclaimed screenwriter and author of Dark Debts, written in 1996. It’s absolutely brilliant as evidenced by the blurb: THE SUPERNATURAL…
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All books are not the same: aggravating book marketing
I am pretty much convinced that any reader looking back on the year 2015 will think there were only two authors of note —…
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Posthumous Publication is a genre now
Given the wealth of sequels to books whose authors have died, I would argue Posthumous Publication is now a legit genre. I mean, 118 years…
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#5Books: Book news you should know
This week’s publishing news has a bit of a comics flavour to it: are you ready for the Netflix of comics publishing? Made just…
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#5Books: book news you should know
I found an analysis of why we’re NEVER GOING TO GET A BLACK WIDOW MOVIE EVERRRR — okay, the caps are indicative of my…
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