Tag: Rewind

  • THE HURTFUL EIGHT

    THE HURTFUL EIGHT

    Yes, I acquired my 8th rejection of the new novel yesterday. In actual fact, this was the first agent I sent it out to on 23/5 but they had IT problems and never received it, so last week I sent it to them again. They turned it around quickly even though the agent I spoke…

  • Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

    Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

    Those words are the first in my novel ‘Rewind’ which was my last novel, but they are relevant to my new one. Time is ticking down on my submission to three literary agents. As I mentioned before this is the time of demoralisation, with long periods of no news and then the inevitable rejection email.…

  • WORD UP!

    WORD UP!

    Have you ever wondered how words get added to the dictionary? Who decides to add them and when? These questions briefly came to mind during ‘Pointless’ in a round on words added to the dictonary in 2019. I think it was the Oxford English Dictionary but don’t quote me on that bit. There were five…

  • Spread a little Kindleness at Christmas

    Spread a little Kindleness at Christmas

    Twas nearly the week before Christmas and in Book World things are not going well. The marketing push I paid for, which was ostensibly to produce reviews to spread the word, has nearly run its course with no results whatsoever. More money into a black hole of expense. I have been doing my own review,…