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Book Review – PALACE OF TEARS (Julian Leatherdale)

Kit Carstairs · December 7, 2015 · Leave a Comment

'Palace of Tears' by Julian Leatherdale

Palace of Tears is the debut novel from author, Julian Leatherdale. It is a brooding generational saga of family, loss, betrayal, vengeance and discovery. Written from a shifting third person narrative, we watch events unfold from the perspective of several different key … [Read more...] about Book Review – PALACE OF TEARS (Julian Leatherdale)

Filed Under: Author Interviews, General Fiction, Guide To Writing, Historical fiction Tagged With: authors, Blue Mountains, Book Review, Books, historical fiction, history, Julian LEatherdale, Writers

Writing a Synopsis

Kit Carstairs · December 1, 2015 · 5 Comments

Keep Calm and Write a Synopsis

I am sure it is not surprising, but writing a synopsis is the hardest task for most of our authors. It’s rare to find anyone completely confident in their synopsis and cover letter – even if they think they have written the world’s best book! It’s hard. And we – the industry … [Read more...] about Writing a Synopsis

Filed Under: All About Editing, Book Marketing, General Fiction, Getting Published Tagged With: authors, literary agents, manuscripts, novels, published, Publishers, publishing, synopsis, synopsis writing, Writers, Writing

#ConfusedWords: ANY MORE vs ANYMORE

Kit Carstairs · November 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Well, like everything with the English language, everyone has a different opinion on this… and as it is an ever-evolving language often all the thoughts are valid. Here are the schools of thought on this particular ‘debate’: Why are we talking about this? ‘Anymore’ is simply a … [Read more...] about #ConfusedWords: ANY MORE vs ANYMORE

Filed Under: All About Editing Tagged With: adjective, adverbs, any more, anymore, authors, confusing words, determiner, English, language, word choices, words, Writers, Writing

Author Interview – Jim Marwood

Kit Carstairs · November 25, 2015 · 2 Comments

Author, Jim Marwood

ABOUT THE AUTHOR… Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself? What did you want to be when you ‘grew up’? I’m still unsure about the growing up bit, but I qualified in medicine in England, then emigrated as a ‘Ten Pound Pom’. I worked in tropical Queensland at a … [Read more...] about Author Interview – Jim Marwood

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Getting Published, Guide To Writing, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: Author interview, authors, biography, history, jim marwood, non-fiction, pat collins, publishing, self-publishing, tasmania, Writing

Thought propagation

Kit Carstairs · November 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Creative ideas pot plant image

"Your mind is your garden, Your thoughts are your seeds. You can grow flowers, Or you can grow weeds!"   … [Read more...] about Thought propagation

Filed Under: Guide To Writing Tagged With: gardening, poems, poetry, Writing

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