Nicola Morgan

Who better than Nicola Morgan for Litopia Daily’s first week-long interview with a young adult author?  Nicola has written 90 books, is the Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland, and regularly speaks at festivals, conferences and school events.  Her writing has won two Scottish Arts Council Awards, including The Scottish Children’s Book of the Year for her book Sleepwalking.  On the eve of publication of Nicola’s next YA book – Deathwatch – we kick off our in-depth look at this burgeoning section of the publishing business – how do you crack it?  And most importantly, why is Peter obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine?  In addition to her blog, Nicola also runs a highly-rated advice site for authors, Help! I NEED a Publisher! (And Maybe an Agent …?).

In today’s Write Report, Donna reveals the seamy underbelly of the traditional British literary establishment… what’s being known as the “Oxford Poetry Sex Scandal” has taken another surprising twist… could it be anything to do with our own LiToon’s lampooning of same?  And William Morris Agency lays off agents… hard times ahead for the fifteen percenters?

In Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she finds a site that exposes in sad detail the attempt of one literary publisher to keep going… you can help by buying just one book from them.

Links: The Write Report, Salt Confidential

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