Why writing rules and outlining won’t squelch your creativity
Lisa Poisso is a fiction editor and book writing coach working with independent authors and new authors seeking representation. Lisa helps emerging authors tune their…
Editorial
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The PTC’s Copywriting for Publishers
On a cold day in November, I was lucky to be the first person clicking on a button that said I want to win! Actually,…
10 Questions for Vitek Tracz, founder of F1000Research
Vitek Tracz is the founder of F1000Research, an open research publishing platform based on open and transparent peer review that offers immediate publication of an…
8 writers receive the phone call of a lifetime: Windham-Cambell Prizes announced
The director of the Windham-Campbell Prizes at Yale University made the call of a lifetime to eight unsuspecting writers this week, and informed them that…
Top 5 productivity books for writers
I’m a productivity nerd – nothing delights me more than a how-to guide on getting organised and getting things done. Over the years I’ve gathered…
7 steps for pricing your editorial work
Pricing editorial work comes up time and again in discussion between editors. Here’s an overview of the basic process of quoting for work, which can be…
Write to the End of Your Novel: Interview with Anna Davis
Norah Myers recently interviewed Curtis Brown Creative’s Rufus Purdy about Curtis Brown Creative, the writing school led by the team at Curtis Brown. Here, she…
Curtis Brown Creative writing school: Interview with Rufus Purdy
Curtis Brown Creative is the only writing school to be run by a literary agency, and offers selective novel-writing courses in London and online. Here,…
The making of a unicorn (aka the ideal freelancer)
On Wednesday 15th February, Kathryn Munt, Astrid deRidder and Anna Faherty were in turns helpful, humorous and honest in their observations on outsourcing and freelancing. Astrid…
Building the book in public
For most publishers, the finished book is not just the main unit of currency but the single external output from the publishing process. Galleys or…
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…
Interview with literary agent Juliet Mushens
Juliet Mushens founded Caskie Mushens Ltd in 2017 with Robert Caskie, after stints at PFD, The Agency Group (where she headed the UK literary division),…
5 ideas to keep a freelance career interesting
In the run up to the next BookMachine event on Wednesday (15th), ‘Outsourcing Uncovered:Managing, inspiring and evaluating your out-of-house workforce‘, Liz Jones shares her top…
Interview with genre fiction crowdfunder Simon Spanton
Unbound recently hired Simon Spanton to help develop their genre fiction list. Norah Myers interviews Simon to find out why genre fiction is a good…
Next week on BookMachine: your out-of-house workforce
Heads-up publishing people! Next week we have two insightful things happening for anyone who is tasked with managing, inspiring and evaluating their out-of-house workforce. The…
