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12 Books in 12 Months

writing books and blogging about it

Q and A

Q. How is the editing of the 12 books thing going?

A. … Slowly.

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Apps in Publishing

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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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Blogs You Should Read

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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How to pitch your book proposal

Slush/ Unsolicited manuscripts
A pile of unsolicited manuscripts, taken by children’s book editor Kate Sullivan

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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Dull Books

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…

  1. scottishbktrust
    It’s Friday book game! To make summer seem better we want to make everything else duller inc. book titles #dullbooks e.g. Tales of One City
  2. (That particular example a little bit harsh on the Edinburgh City Libraries blog, perhaps..)
  3. I Found HIM, but he has different names depending on where you are in the world. He’s Waldo in the USA and Wally in some other countries. What do YOU call him?
  4. Well, you get the idea… for many, many more of these you can check out the #dullbooks hashtag on Twitter, or feel free to leave your suggestions in the comment box!

A Place In The Country (Pictonaut Challenge)

As you can from the accompanying illustration, the town of Bishop’s Wallop was a little bit unusual.

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