Nick Setchfield signs with the agency

Nick Setchfield signs with the agency

I've signed a new client! Nick Setchfield is the features editor at the UK's bestselling genre magazine SFX. For years I've been asking him to write a book and he finally sat down and did it. I think there was probably quite a lot of blood, sweat and tears went into it but it was well worth it.

 

Submitting my first client

Submitting my first client

Yes, so we have finally reached the stage where I went out yesterday to publishers on both sides of the pond with my very first client Sam Hawkes who I took on in June last year. 

You may be asking - why has it taken so long? Well the simple answer is, it takes time to craft a book. Sam's original submission was wonderful, fabulously written with original characters and some great world building. But my previous role was as an editor and editors like to tinker with words. Okay - maybe not so much tinker as ravage, pillage and reorder. 

A Day in the Life of an Editor - with Anne Groell

A Day in the Life of an Editor - with Anne Groell

New Year, new start and I thought we'd dive straight back in and continue with our insight into the publishing industry and who does what. Having been an editor for 15 years, and still doing rather a lot of it now - I suppose I could have done this myself - but really - so much more interesting to talk to someone else. :-D

So from across the other side of the pond, we chat to Anne Groell who is an SFF Executive editor over at Random House USA. 

A Day in the Life of an Agent - with Juliet Mushens

A Day in the Life of an Agent - with Juliet Mushens

Do authors actually need an agent to get traditionally published? What is it an agent actually does? How easy is it to get one and what will they do for you that you can't do for yourself? Juliet Mushens takes us through a typical day for her in the life of an agent.