Interview with WriteNow participant Nels Abbey
WriteNow, Penguin Random House UK’s programme to find, mentor and publish new writers currently under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves, is back for 2017.
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What’s it like to be an Unbound author?
What’s it like to be an Unbound author? Norah Myers interviews Jennifer Pierce to find out. 1) What appealed to you most about working with…
How to write a business book readers will come back to again and again
This is a guest post by Ginny Carter. Ginny is a business book ghostwriter, book writing coach, and author. She’s on a mission to transform…
The Lie Tree wins Costa Book of the Year 2015: Frances Hardinge interview
Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree is winner of the Costa Book of Year 2015 award. Here Laura Summers interviews Frances on the book and being a writer.
On crowdfunding your way to a publishing deal
This is a Guest Post by freelance writer and journalist, Sabuhi Gard. Here Sabuhi tells us about her experience crowdfunding for her debut children’s picture book, The Valentine’s Day…
On writing, marketing and self-publishing: Julia Roberts interview
Julia Roberts is a TV presenter and author. Julia has been working for QVC since its launch in 1993 and had her first book, the…
5 top tips for surviving as a freelance author
This is a guest post from Cath Senker, who has 25 years’ experience in publishing and has written more than 130 books for children of…
Publishing Trends: A Writer’s Perspective
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘publishing trends.’ I wrote this piece on new adult lit and soon after attended a panel discussion organised…
The first ELT Agent [INTERVIEW]
For anyone who has been reading my previous BookMachine posts you will notice that I’ve been writing a lot about people in the ELT industry.…
Help! I Need an Editor! [Nicola Morgan interview]
The relationship between an author and editor is a crucial one. If you get it right, it can help the whole publishing process. Here Becky Hearne…