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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

Author Interview – Cheryl Sawyer

Kit Carstairs · April 7, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Author, Cheryl Sawyer

As a friend and appraiser for The Manuscript Agency, we managed to coerce author Cheryl Sawyer to sit down and have a chat with us about her latest book Murder at Cirey. As with all our author interviews, we wanted to know a little bit more about what drove her as a writer and … [Read more...] about Author Interview – Cheryl Sawyer

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Crime fiction, General Fiction, Getting Published, Historical fiction Tagged With: Author interview, authors, Cheryl Sawyer, Crime fiction, historical fiction, Murder at Cirey, novel writing, publishing, self-publishing, Writing, Writing process

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

Author Interview – Catherine Gillard

Kit Carstairs · February 26, 2015 · 2 Comments

'Spud' by Catherine Gillard

The Manuscript Agency is proud to present the first in a series of author interviews with our published authors (and anyone else who might enjoy sitting down for a yarn with us!). This one is with one of our recently published authors, Catherine Gillard. We had a chat to … [Read more...] about Author Interview – Catherine Gillard

Filed Under: Getting Published Tagged With: author interviews, authors, historical fiction, narrative, novels, police, publishing, women, women in police, Writers, Writing, writing novels

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