What being published has taught me
In last week’s blog I pretty much reduced everything that happened to me in my formative years to an 800 word blog.
This week is a kind of sequel. And one in which I talk about my other life, my life since 2003, the year I got a publishing deal, and everything I have learnt since. Okay, deep breath, look straight ahead, here goes.
– Choose battles wisely.
– Choose agents even more wisely.
– Literary fiction is a genre that pretends it is not a genre.
– Editors are essential.
– If an editor is talking about culling their list in the first meeting, this is a bad sign. (more…)