On Thursday, I travelled down to London to meet my agent and publisher. This, I thought, would make everything official, and I would henceforth be able to call myself a Proper Author. Despite hailing the one and only cabbie in London who *doesn’t* know where the Dickens House museum is, I arrived safely at Ian’s …
Tag Archive: agent
Sep 30 2009
A week is a long time in politics…
…but a fortnight is a bloody long time to keep your lip zipped when you’re sitting on astonishing news like this. Lest I get too big-headed about this, I shall let theBookseller.com tell the story: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/98263-gollancz-signs-new-fantasy-series.html Yes, that’s me she’s talking about. Little old me who’s been scribbling away for mumblety-mumble years on a rag-tag …
Sep 13 2009
I hope you’re sitting down
That’s what the email said. The email just received from my literary agent, currently on holiday somewhere hot with unreliable internet access. The email that said my agent has received a bloody handsome offer to publish Songs of the Earth and the next two books in the Wild Hunt series. Fuck.
Aug 30 2009
Bolly? Don’t mind if I do
On Thursday I had a further phone call from that nice literary agent to see if I’d received the client agreement in the post. I know it doesn’t mean anything yet, in the grand scheme of things, but this is indeed A Step in the Right Direction. On the way home from work I bought …
Aug 24 2009
Refreshingly free of elves
That’s what the literary agent who phoned me this afternoon said. He’d thoroughly enjoyed reading my opening chapters, and could he see the rest, please? Hmm, let me think about that for a moment… I carry a USB memory stick with my ms on it. All the time. Yes, I am that sad. Naturally I …
Aug 20 2009
Ac-cent-uate the positive
The first of my SAEs plopped through the letterbox yesterday. I had a bit of an ohshit moment, and had to put it to one side until I’d remonstrated with myself and got my wibbles under control. Rejection, obviously, but what sort? Would there be an encouraging note, or just a form letter? Gingerly, I …