The author wants something to mark the occasion. A couple of drinks won’t do. Sleeping with the advance copies under your pillow won’t do.
Category: The Writerly Reader blog
Why shouldn’t a publisher refuse a proposal on political grounds when the author or subject of the book has acted in such a way that they have damaged the publisher?
Selecting text to delete, replace or add is fiddly. But also more accurate.
Emma Rafferty – “I wanted it to be modern, possibly geometric, stylised, typography-driven, potentially incorporating the hopscotch grid, to feature at least one iconic Sydney image, and using lighter rather than darker grim colours, as I always associate Sydney with light and colour.”
The new Saturday Paper publishes anonymous book reviews and, occasionally, reviews by identified critics. That anonymity…
Why writing programs are worth it: a reply to Hanif Kureishi Having served in a…
Asked last week to write about NaNowriMo by The Conversation, I leapt at the chance…
Suddenly I’m spending time with teens, but they’re not my own two, and I’m talking…
I said in my last blog that I’d be writing about writing parties and meetings,…
Ebb and flow, emotional highs and lows, focus and implication, dialogue and gesture, a drawn-out…