Throughout January, The Ship was sailing to and fro between my editor and me. It was a strangely comfortable process. I had list of things to consider, to change, to polish. Frightening words that are still foreign to me – publicity, marketing, the elusive but seemingly essential concept of a
The story so far: Just before the summer holidays, I was taken on by an agent. Three weeks later, The Ship was sold to a publisher. Not long after that, the contract was signed. So it’s going to happen. In January 2015 – twelve months from now – a hardback
So you have finished the first draft of your novel. This is a wonderful and exciting achievement. You know, now, that you CAN do it. You are ahead of 95% of people who ever declared, ‘I’m going to write a novel.’ The Muses are having a party on Mount Olympus