What kind of new year is it for you so far? That’s what Peter wants to know today. How is the economy doing? Will publishing survive unscathed, or will 2009 – as Peter believes – …
Posts Tagged ‘getting published’
A Defining Year
The Bad News Is that Getting Published Has Never Been Easier
It’s never been a better time for first-time writers to get published, says Peter – but there’s also a rather big downside to publishers’ constant quest for the Next Big Author. In today’s Write Report, …
Publicity for Writers
Peter continues his discussion about publicity for writers, and how to get to your book’s publicity tipping point. In today’s Write Report, Donna reveals how the internet may be destroying children’s brains – but is …
Will You Remember Me Tomorrow?
How about dividing your manuscript into two books – each one written from a different point of view? And should you re-submit your amended manuscript to the same publishers/agents you sent it to last time? …
One Thousand Grains of Rice
Humor – leave it alone until you’ve got a platform says Peter. In today’s Write Report, a British writer is arrested for an offense under the Obscene Publications Act – the first time in 20 …
Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks – The Essential Alan Coren
The best comparison I can make is to describe Alan Coren as the British James Thurber, says Peter of Alan Coren – whose wonderful and sadly posthumous collection of essays Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The …
Nobel Prize For Literature? Americans Need Not Apply
Are you making a common, but dire, mistake with your submissions, Peter asks. Donna reports on anti-American prejudice amongst the secretive members of the Nobel Prize for Literature selection committee in today’s Write Report. And …
Pirates, Orphans and Point of View
Why you need to master point of view – and the fate of writers who don’t – by Peter. In Donna’s Write Report, Congress passes the “Libel Tourism” bill – bad news for Britain’s …
Why Writers Fail
What are the most common causes of failure for a writer – and what can we learn from them? Peter investigates. In today’s Write Report, Donna considers one of the hidden perils of …
Does Your Manuscript Have Series Potential?
What, exactly, is a “novel with series potential”? And should you pitch your novel as a one-off, or as the first part in a series? Peter returns to this subject. In today’s Write Report, Donna …
How To Get A Literary Agent, part two
Today’s show concludes yesterday’s discussion between Peter and Peggy Brusseau about what you should ask your prospective literary agent; Donna brings us the latest news featuring a landmark copyright / piracy lawsuit that has implications …
Corporate Publishing is Doomed
In the week when the world’s financial industries appeared to go into meltdown, Litopia After Dark zeroes in on the impact this will have on the publishing industry.
What effect will the credit crunch and looming …
Books Not To Read Before You Die
Peter discusses what effect the crumbling economy is going to have on the publishing business and specifically on writers; Donna brings us the latest news featuring books not to read before you die and in …
Submissions, Potter & Pics for your Blog
Peter discusses whether you should finish your manuscript before you submit or if you can start sending it out to Agents and Publishers earlier; Donna brings us the latest news featuring Harry Potter and the …
Lipstick On A Pig
The J.K. Rowling plagiarism case, psychoanalysing the mind of the Republican voter and mad scientists… such a medley of topics can only be found on Litopia After Dark. This week, as well as deciding whether …
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