Offers from publishers
Right now I have written offers from six different publishers (so far). Yes, six. Yes, all of them well-known publishing houses. I know, I’m gobsmacked too. I’ve spent the last few weeks talking with each of them, on the phone and face-to-face – wonderful and lengthy conversations about writing, editing, history and Elizabeth Macarthur. I…
Does an emerging writer need an agent?
Well of course I’m going to say yes, because I HAVE AN AGENT!!!! Just signed a contract with Jacinta di Mase Management. Cue the happy, happy dance. And yes, signing with Jacinta was a direct result of my participation in the HardCopy program last year. Jacinta represents over 50 authors including feminist commentator Clementine Ford,…
Mary Cunnane – wisdom and advice from Australia’s favourite literary agent
We were all such literary newbies that the HARDCOPY program co-ordinator had to explain to us who Mary Cunnane was. Only the one of the best-known agents in Australia. Only the woman to whom all doors in publishing were open. Only the founder of the Australian Literary Agents Association. Oh, you mean THAT Mary Cunnane. …
How to be an author
During the first of the HARDCOPY workshops we studied how to write well. The second workshop, though, is all about how to be an author. It is not at all the same thing. With a day still to go, my head is swimming with information. In the days and weeks to come I will try…