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Guide To 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

Meanjin – One poet’s journey

Kit Carstairs · November 3, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Author, Brian Purcell

Poet, Brian Purcell, was first published in the early eighties and has since had more than fifty poems published in national magazines such as Meanjin and Southerly, and books such as Australian Love Poems and Top Lines.  He has enjoyed appointments across the publishing … [Read more...] about Meanjin – One poet’s journey

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Getting Published, Guide To Writing Tagged With: Books, meanjin, poems, poetry, poets, publishing, southerly, Writers, Writers centres, Writing, writing festivals

Writing and editing non-fiction manuscripts

Kit Carstairs · October 6, 2015 · 2 Comments

The Manuscript Agency was recently invited to write the below article as a guest blog on editing non-fiction for ebookedit, an organisation established to help authors turn their manuscripts into finished books. Writing and editing non-fiction manuscripts has more in common with … [Read more...] about Writing and editing non-fiction manuscripts

Filed Under: All About Editing, Getting Published, Guide To Writing, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: editing, non-fiction, self-editing, Writing

Word count by genre: How long should my book really be?

Kit Carstairs · April 5, 2015 · 132 Comments

Publishers and agents are typically inundated with manuscript submissions from authors seeking publication. And as a result, ‘the authorities’ (as I shall hereby refer to them as) are looking for reasons to reject your book. The standouts are standouts, and speak for themselves. … [Read more...] about Word count by genre: How long should my book really be?

Filed Under: All About Editing, Book Marketing, General Fiction, Getting Published, Guide To Writing, Non-fiction Tagged With: Adult fiction, authors, book genres, Children's publishing, Crime novels, Fantasy fiction, fiction, historical fiction, horror fiction, Literary fiction, manuscripts, Mystery novels, non-fiction, novels, Romance novels, Science-fiction, Thriller novels, Word lengths, Writers, Young Adult Fiction

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