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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: "I've been looking at your website..."
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? Saturday, 4 April 2015. I've been looking at your website.". Do authors need websites? But see my later point about why it's better to have your own website than a page on your publisher's website. On the other hand, there are many writers who do/should have a website. Probably most. Why? One or two books.
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: How to speak publisher
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? How to speak publisher. Here's the whole can of worms in one er, can. A is for Advance. A is for Apps. A is for Author. B is for Bad. B is for Bologna. B is for BookScan. C is for Case study. C is for Character-led fiction. C is for Commissioning editor. C is for Contract. C is for Copy. C is for Copy editor.
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: PKP
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? This page is for my Pembroke/King's Summer School students. Welcome to the 2013 students! There will be notes, resources and reminders of assignments on this page. Next lecture - 7:15 pm, 8th July, N7 Pembroke. Be there or else! Those roses are wilting. But they don't have to be wilting in your story! Your sto...
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: February 2015
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? Monday, 23 February 2015. Firstly, as an author, I am very pleased to welcome new editors into the publishing world. The more editors the better. We need you. And, sadly, editors get older and retire and we don't want any gaps in the supply. I hope you will enjoy working in publishing and that ...No doubt when...
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: How to read a publishing contract (1)
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? Thursday, 8 April 2010. How to read a publishing contract (1). Publishing contracts can be long and scary documents. It's easy to be intimidated into thinking that you just have to sign on the dotted line and go along with what the publisher wants, but you don't. Now, as they're long and scary, I'm not going t...
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: November 2014
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? Saturday, 15 November 2014. Is it a map? Çatalhöyük, Turkey, 6000 BC. Today I'm working on The Story of Maps. The next in my Story Of. Go to London and use it in the British Library. Can't afford to - £15 a day each day I need to go, which will be many - perhaps 20. It is a map - Jianxi, China, 18th century.
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: Dear Editors...
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? Monday, 23 February 2015. Firstly, as an author, I am very pleased to welcome new editors into the publishing world. The more editors the better. We need you. And, sadly, editors get older and retire and we don't want any gaps in the supply. I hope you will enjoy working in publishing and that ...No doubt when...
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: How to read a publishing contract
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? How to read a publishing contract. Introduction to the series and preamble to the contract. Delivery of the manuscript. Responsibility for damage or loss. Outright fees (writing for a flat fee). Advance, royalty and fees. Examination of publisher's records. Ie checking royalties are accurate). Join Stroppy Aut...
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing: Why use the web when you can use a book?
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Stroppy Author's guide to publishing. So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? Saturday, 14 February 2015. Why use the web when you can use a book? A quick summary of my talk to the Hampshire school librarians on defending books to pupils and teachers keen to turn to the web. 10 April 2015 at 03:17. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
