A lazy post today but why expend energy when someone else has done the work? (But please note: that is NOT an excuse for plagiarism, because there is no excuse for that. Plagiarism is copying or stealing and passing off as your own writing. Linking to other blogs is right and proper.)
Take a trip here and see if any of these reaons could apply to you.
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"THE CRABBIT OLD BAT'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED" - PLEASE NOTE that you are on the OLD address. See note below...
MAIN ARTICLES ON THIS BLOG
- Acquisitions meetings
- Agent advice and some random writing tips
- Agent or not?
- Agents - you've got to love 'em (2)
- Agents, you've got to love 'em (1)
- Anti-guff rant postponed by pleonasms
- Are publishers ever wrong?
- Are your really ready to be published?
- Behaving badly at your launch
- Beware of praise
- Book launches
- Brilliant lessons by video
- Can you learn to write?
- Certifying the death of your WIP
- Checklist for publication
- Common mistakes
- Common mistakes when writing for teenagers
- Common words
- Common words - PS
- Covering letter mistake: 1 - naivete
- Covering letter mistake: 2 - drugs
- Covering letters, Part 1
- Covering letters, Part 2
- Dealing with taxi-drivers (funny story)
- Deciphering rejection letters
- Defence of authors
- Define a teenage novel
- Delusions of ability
- Edit, edit, edit: then edit again
- Everything unpublished authors need to know
- Fight for writers' rights
- How to be a really nice publishable author
- How to make a publisher say yes
- I wrote it - I have to MARKET it too??
- Inexcusable dimness
- Inexcusable ignorance
- Is your writing hot enough?
- Just one opinion?
- Mistake 1: Voice
- Mistake 2: Pace
- Money matters - the mad maths of royalties
- NANOWRIMO - WHY? BECAUSE ...
- Not getting published (again)
- Novel structure - an expert lesson
- Picture book perfection
- Pigeon-holes (don't fall out of)
- Pointy thought 1: Effort required
- Pointy Thought 2: Ideas
- PS re Marketing
- PS re Synopses
- PS re writers' rights
- Pseudo-agents - beware
- Secret of publicity
- Self-publishing - what about it?
- Sensible questions
- Shocking new threat to books
- Show, don't tell
- Show, don't tell - Part 2
- Slow death by coffee ... (funny story)
- Synopsis - how to write one
- Things not to say to agent / publisher
- Tip, Odd thing and Question
- Tips for Submissions: 1
- Tips for submissions: 2 - Covering letters
- Tips for Submissions: 3 - Rules
- Toffee is not a way to get published
- Truth Hurts
- When to give up (on this book)
- Where do you get your ideas?
- Who knows better? Reader or writer?
- Why has a publisher not said yes?
- Why is crap published?
- Why wasn't I published for so long?
- Work avoidance strategies
- Worst query - how bad can you be?
- Worst query letter results
- Writer's block and apology
- Writing for teenagers - notes
- Writing in a recession
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Please don't ask me to ...
read your work. Don't tempt me with money or undying gratitude. Even - and it pains me to say this - with the promise of a new pair of glorious boots.