Ask The Agent – Hannah Schofield

Simon Whaley caught up with romance-loving Hannah Schofield after she won the Romantic Novelist Association’s Agent of the Year award for the second year running. Hannah Schofield joined the LBA …

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Business Banking

Does the thought of having a business bank account for your writing business fill you with a fear of transaction charges and monthly fees? Well, fear no more, for it’s …

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Access All Areas

Hands up if you’d like more people to read your writing. I’m sure that’s most of you. You can put your hands down now. Who doesn’t want more readers? However, …

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Ask The Agent – Juliet Pickering

Juliet Pickering’s literary career began at Waterstones before she joined the AP Watt Literary Agency in 2003. Ten years later, she moved to Blake Friedmann, and became Vice Head of …

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Selling Direct

When it comes to the business of writing and self-publishing, many authors think about selling their books via Amazon first. That makes sense because it is one of the biggest …

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The Relaxed Writer

The start of a new year is a great time for setting our writing goals for the coming months. Perhaps this will be the year you finally get that book …

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Ask The Agent – Stephanie Glencross

Stephanie Glencross joined David Higham Associates in 2018. Previously, she was an editor at Gregory & Company and edited award-winning novelists like Val McDermid, Minette Walters, and Tan Twan Eng. Her list …

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Retreating to Write

I try to run away at least once a year. If I’m lucky, I manage it twice. Running away can be one of the best things we can do for …

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The Heir Affair

None of us wants to think about our death. But, as writers, thanks to copyright, our words continue living and generating an income for our heirs after we die. So, …

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Poetry in Performance

Could performance boost your poetry business? Simon Whaley chats to three poets who regularly take to the stage. The first Thursday in October is National Poetry Day. It’s an opportunity …

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