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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Mark Thornton and selling to indies
Mark Thornton’s seminar at the Society of Authors today was inspirational. His fundamental message to writers who want to persuade independent bookshops to stock their books was to think like a bookseller (not like a writer trying to persuade a … Continue reading
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Arvon Foundation and Mostly Books
One hundred years ago I went to Totleigh Barton on my first Arvon course. It was run by two writers, only one of whose names can I remember – David Benedictus (who was famous at the time for his first … Continue reading
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Selling a first novel, and writing
I’ve been thinking about Mostly Books ever since I typed ‘sell my novel’ into Google (it came up with 15,500,000 sites so I don’t know now how I happened upon Mostly Books, but I am so glad I did). Because … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Books, JB Priestley, Mostly Books, Society of Authors, Speaking of Love
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Thomas Keneally and the fear that haunts all writers
Did you hear Thomas Keneally this morning on Desert Island Discs? He was magnificent. He didn’t mention MATs (multiple avoidance – of writing – techniques), but he talked about the most stultifying thing for a writer: FEAR. He said, I … Continue reading
Posted in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Clive James, fear, MATs, Thomas Keneally
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Speaking of sales figures
I have just discovered that my first novel Speaking of Love (published by the utterly wonderful Beautiful Books) has sold five copies in a week, in my local cafe, Il Molino, on Battersea Park Road. These sales figures will not, … Continue reading
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Book Quiz, literary blogs, life …
I just did the Book Quiz (at Blue Pyramid) which I found on BooksPlease‘s blog (thank you) and I find I am this: You’re One Hundred Years of Solitude! by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lonely and struggling, you’ve been around for … Continue reading
Posted in Books Quiz, life, literary blogs
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Life in my writing room
The walls are covered with quotations, this is one of my favourites: ‘A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.’ Thomas Mann. My head is always full of words but, this afternoon, … Continue reading
Posted in first blog, MATs, writing
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