Q. How is the editing of the 12 books thing going?
A. … Slowly.
If you were to do a Twitter search on the word ‘publishing’ you might see that there’s a lot of chat on there at the moment about apps and whether they are the future of the industry. In March, Forbes said we were at the dawn of the tablet era which was leading publishers to look at enhanced eBooks and the like. Fastforward to last weekend, when Vicki Hartley wrote on the Future Bookseller that the death of publishing has been greatly exaggerated, and that apps are here to save it.
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Back in March, Sandra from 12 Novels in 12 Months nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award and I failed to do the requisite thank you and pass it on post. Better late than never though, right…?
Except it gets worse, because also in March, Sarah from 12 Months of Creativity nominated me for the exact same award, and I didn’t thank her either. Verily, I am a shocker.
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All too often proposals for books or articles end up on the slush pile simply because authors don’t know how to put them across to editors. Commissioning editor for Pen and Sword Books, Jen Newby, reveals how to hook an editor and get your non-fiction proposal noticed.
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This is an update for those who followed my progress with the 28 Drawings Later Challenge in February, when I came up with promotional ideas for a play called East of the Sun, West of the Moon (which is coming to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August).
The company has had to change its name from Inglenook to Homespun, so sadly my wee teapot logo is now useless – but that is the only thing that has changed really. The show is taking shape – it’s a family production with four actors playing all the parts and it is going to be in The Surgeon’s Hall 3rd – 25th August at 12.10 every day except Sunday.
I am telling you all this because I am the media contact, and it’s my job to go on about it at great length until you’ve all bought your tickets. It also means one of my pictures – which regular readers saw here on the blog first – is officially in the Fringe Programme – how exciting!
I am in the process of getting the company onto all your favourite social media sites – we are on Twitter @HomespunUK and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomespunTheatre so please follow and ‘like’ us if you can!
And now, a little animation I made:
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As the self-publishing debate rumbles on, I’ve got a couple of posts from both sides of the fence. First up, the case for the defence.
Leila Dewji is Editorial Director of Acorn Independent Press, a company helping authors who want to self-publish but don’t know where to start. Leila studied English and worked as a journalist before moving into book publishing and in 2010 she set up Acorn Independent Press with her brother Ali.
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12 Books in 12 Months 