Negotiation Nightmares
Getting published means dealing with contracts. Simon Whaley explores how to succeed with the negotiation process. I experienced a range of emotions when Hodder & Stoughton sent me the contract …
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Virtual Assistants
The problem with the business of writing is that all the business stuff leaves less time for writing. Ultimately, as writers, we’d rather be writing than messing around creating social …
Ask The Agent – Jessica Woollard
Jessica Woollard has been a literary agent for over thirty years, working at Toby Eady Associates and The Marsh Agency before moving to David Higham Associates in 2016. She was …
Becoming A Productive Writer
When I had a full-time day job and could only write in my spare time, I yearned to be a full-time writer. To have all that time to write would …
The Write Club Podcast
I had great fun some time ago chatty with Mary and beth at the Write Club podcast about all things writerly, and the episode has recently been released. You can …
Pursuing Patrons
Can writers have patrons who support their writing business? Simon Whaley chats to two writers about how they use the Patreon platform. The subscription-based platform Patreon launched twelve years ago …
Ask The Agent – John Baker
Simon Whaley chats to John Baker of the Bell Lomax Moreton agency about the weird world of speculative fiction. John Baker is an agent passionate about science fiction, fantasy, and …
Topping Up The Creative Well
“We’re going on a cruise on Windermere,” said Bethany. “Anybody else want to come?” I watched several of my writing group friends frown and look at each other. This was …
Back Up Your Writing Business
It happened two weeks ago. I switched on my computer to continue working on my next novel, with a word count of over 120,000, only to find the file gone! …
Writing Hobby or Writing Business?
Simon Whaley ponders the conundrum about when a writing hobby becomes a writing business Have you ever wondered when our writing hobby becomes a writing business? Is it when we …