Henley Literary Festival event: Agent Vs. Editor

Henley Literary Festival event: Agent Vs. Editor

I faced off against Sam Humphreys from Pan Macmillan's Mantle imprint in a Pitch Fight at Henley Literary Festival. Do agents and editors get along? What is it they actually do? And what's the formula to getting published?

A Day in the Life of a Cover Designer - with Mark Ecob

A Day in the Life of a Cover Designer - with Mark Ecob

So it's not just the publishers and editors that make a book work in publishing. The content is vital, yes - but what's also really important is the package. The whole 'don't judge a book by its cover'? Yeah right! If retailers don't like the cover they wouldn't support it, if the consumer didn't like the cover they wouldn't buy it. Ensuring that a book has a commercial, appealing and original cover - considering just how many books are published each year - is one hell of a job. Hats off to all the designers out there who do such a cracking job.

A new client joins the list!

A new client joins the list!

Aside from the huge pile of rejection letters I still have to send out - far from my favourite part of the job, I've also been doing a lot of reading and editing.  

Both Sam and Ashley are busy reworking their scripts ready for me to send out a little later to publishers and, in the meantime, I've taken on another client. Yay! 

Say hello to Heather Child.

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.