The book publishing process – an 8-step guide
Reading Time: 16 minutes If you’re a new author, the publishing process can seem bewildering. Just how does your manuscript end up as a book? Here’s a simple eight-step guide to the process.
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MASTERCLASS: How to Perfect Your Submission to Agents and Publishers – with Scott Pack
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to get traditionally published, you need to submit a compelling book proposal to agents or publishers. This masterclass with Scott Pack will maximize your chances of success.
Getting Published
MASTERCLASS: How to Perfect Your Submission to Agents and Publishers – with Scott Pack
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to get traditionally published, you need to submit a compelling book proposal to agents or publishers. This masterclass with Scott Pack will maximize your chances of success.
Writing
MASTERCLASS: How to Write a Memoir – with Allegra Huston (Online, Weds 27th Oct, 2021)
Reading Time: 4 minutes The author of bestselling memoir ‘Love Child’ talks about how to draw a compelling narrative out of the rough material of your life.
Marketing
10 ways to market your book if you really don’t like marketing
Reading Time: 8 minutes You need to market your book. But what if you really, really, don’t like marketing? You became a writer to write, after all – not to sell. Here are some ways to approach marketing if you really don’t like marketing.
Ask an Agent
MASTERCLASS: How to Perfect Your Submission to Agents and Publishers – with Scott Pack
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to get traditionally published, you need to submit a compelling book proposal to agents or publishers. This masterclass with Scott Pack will maximize your chances of success.
Self-Publishing
MASTERCLASS: How to Become a Kindle Bestseller – with Nicola May (Online, Weds 28th Jul, 2021)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you been thinking of publishing a Kindle ebook? In this illuminating masterclass, chart-topping self-published author Nicola May reveals her top tips for sales success.
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Kindle bestseller Nicola May considers the pros and cons of self-publishing v. traditional publishing
Reading Time: 5 minutes Nicola May is a self-publishing sensation, and the author of a dozen romantic comedies. In 2019 she hit the #1 Kindle bestseller spot in the UK with The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay. Now she’s signed a three-book deal with Hodder. Jon Reed asked her why.
MASTERCLASS: How to Write About Nature – with Anita Sethi (Online, Wed 26th May, 2021)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Want to write about nature? Join the author of ‘I Belong Here’ for an enlightening workshop on how to observe and describe the natural world.
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Publishing Talk Membership is now open!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Want to be a successful author? Join the club! Publishing Talk membership is the best way to access everything we have to offer new and emerging authors, including free access to masterclasses.
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10 ways to market your book if you really don’t like marketing
Reading Time: 8 minutes You need to market your book. But what if you really, really, don’t like marketing? You became a writer to write, after all – not to sell. Here are some ways to approach marketing if you really don’t like marketing.
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MASTERCLASS: How to Build a Writing Habit – with Bec Evans (Online, Weds 19th Jan, 2022)
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this masterclass, writing productivity expert Bec Evans of Prolifiko will guide you with tried and tested approaches that will help you create a writing habit that works for you. She’ll help you find time, support and the systems that keep you going.
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How to get a literary agent – 7 steps to success
Reading Time: 9 minutes Do you dream of being a published author? Want to see your book on the shelves of your local bookshop, have your work read by legions of appreciative fans, and be fêted at literary festivals? For such dreams to come true, first you need land a publishing deal. And, before that, be taken on by a literary agent. Here’s how to go about it.
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5 ways to beat #BlueMonday – and be a more resilient writer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. And these are certainly tough times. How can you stay sane, optimistic – and build resilience as a writer?
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How to get published – 6 steps to a traditional publishing deal
Reading Time: 18 minutes You’ve written a book. Now what? To build a career as an author you need to know how to get published as well as how to write. Jon Reed shares some pointers to help you navigate the process – from preparing a query letter to getting an agent to landing your first publishing deal.
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4 steps to plan your writing projects
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’ve got some unexpected time on your hands over the holidays, this can be a great time of year to catch up on some reading, do some writing – or simply plan some writing.
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6 ways to overcome procrastination and beat writers’ block
Reading Time: 6 minutes Writers are the masters of procrastination – it’s far simpler to type a search term into Google than it is to write the first line of a novel. We all procrastinate – but you can overcome it with practical strategies. So stop putting off your dreams and reward your future self, says Bec Evans.
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