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Author Interview with fantasy fiction author Katie Taylor

Kit Carstairs · June 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment

'The Land of Bad Fantasy' by KJ Taylor

K.J.Taylor published her first manuscript, The Land of Bad Fantasy, through Scholastic when she was just 18, and went on to publish The Dark Griffin in Australia and New Zealand five years later, through HarperCollins (which was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards in … [Read more...] about Author Interview with fantasy fiction author Katie Taylor

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Fantasy and Science-fiction, General Fiction, Getting Published Tagged With: Author interview, Katie Taylor, publishing, sci-fi, Science-fiction, Writing, Writing science fiction books

Author interview with action/thriller writer Keith McArdle

Kit Carstairs · November 28, 2017 · 1 Comment

Author, Kieth McArdle

We took a moment to chat with Keith McArdle; author and sometime MAA client. We wanted to know a little more about his life as a writer; how he writes, what he writes and what drives him. He was kind enough to take the time to tell us all about it… Can you tell us a little bit … [Read more...] about Author interview with action/thriller writer Keith McArdle

Filed Under: Adventure fiction, All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Crime fiction, General Fiction, Getting Published, Military fiction, Self Publishing, Thriller fiction Tagged With: Author interview, Book marketing, editing, Keith McArdle, Military fiction, publishing, self-publishing, Suspense fiction, Writing

Writing a Cover Letter

Kit Carstairs · April 14, 2016 · 55 Comments

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Filed Under: All About Editing, Book Marketing, Getting Published, Self Publishing Tagged With: agents, authors, cover letters, editors, Publishers, publishing, synopsis, Writers, Writing

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

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

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