I subscribe to a number of newsletters about writing via email. I don’t always get to read every one of them, but I try to at least glance through most of them. Some are better than others, of course. I’ve just read one that comes from a writer who lives here in South Australia. His [...]

Yesterday I finished the first draft of my novel for children. I have been working hard on this over the last two months and finished it over a week ahead of the schedule I had set for myself. I love setting goals – and then achieving them. Now my creative brain needs a little break [...]

I found this interesting article on a blog written by an American literary agent. Myths vs facts of publishing by Rachelle Gardner. It has some very interesting things to say about agents, and about getting an agent to represent you, and about getting published. The many reader comments are worth reading too.The agent writing this [...]

Over the years I’ve had my share of rejection as a writer. Many of these rejections were for poems, articles and stories I had submitted to magazines. Some were for children’s novels I have written. Some of the rejections were blunt; they didn’t want to publish my writing and no reasons were given. Some were [...]

The road to getting published is a very difficult one. You need to know what you are doing, and submit the very best you can write. Sadly though, submitting the very best of your writing is often not enough. You must take a very professional approach to the business of writing – and it is [...]