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.
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.

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.
Every Friday the Scottish Book Trust have a book related game on Twitter. Here are some highlights from last Friday (June 29) to brighten up this otherwise distinctly grey Monday afternoon…
As you can from the accompanying illustration, the town of Bishop’s Wallop was a little bit unusual.
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