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Enthusiasm is infectious... It is essential to convey enthusiasm for your work and for the job of meeting people and selling to them. Art is a luxury, so people need to enjoy buying it. The Artist's Guide to Selling Work by Annabelle Ruston-
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Books discount at ‘How To Get Published’
News just in – we’ll be selling copies of all your favourite A&C Black writing books, at a lovely discount, to delegates at the forthcoming Writers’ & Artists’ How to Get Published conference.
Offering a complete overview of how to get your work ready for submission, this one-day event is selling out quick so book your ticket now »
You might even bag a few bargains on the day!
London Book Fair: 10 pointers for writers
I was at the LBF yesterday to do some filming (which will be up on this site as soon as we’ve done an edit) and there again today on the offchance I could squeeze my way into a seminar where pre-booking was ‘essential’.
These are ten things I picked up, which are worth knowing, either for use and reference right now, or to decide whether you want to attend next time round.
1. “Everyone thinks they can write a children’s book”, according to Jayne at A&C Black. But then everyone at some point wanted to be an astronaut/train driver/Olympic athlete (delete as applicable). Writing a children’s book is harder than you think, and reading age is tricky to get right.
2. Authors who approach a stand and say “I know the editor-in-chief for Read more
The London Book Fair for beginners
Thousands of publishers, booksellers, literary agents and media suppliers attend the London Book Fair, which could sound intimidating. So what’s it like for a first-timer?
An early start at Earl’s Court and I have my itinerary: attend the seminar on risk aversion with a Kierkegaard quote in the title, catch Ian Rankin talking in the PEN Café, and then see what’s happening after that.
Having not been to the London Book Fair before, just getting my Read more
‘How to Get Published’ conference
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the first ever Writers’ & Artists’ conference and for making the day such a success! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and we’ll be adding some news and views from the conference here soon.
Best wishes,
Claire
(Publisher, Yearbooks)
Update: Blogger Liz De Jager has written up her take on the day’s events – see Write Up On WAY Conference.
What presents did you get?
Filed under: Writing Advice
I hope you had a lovely Christmas and that you managed to give and receive some thoughtful gifts.
I think the ideal gifts for a writer are notebooks to jot ideas in, book tokens to enable a relaxing hour or two browsing in a favourite bookshop, tasty nibbles to have to hand as you write, and much more!
I did discover that Margaret Atwood has a gift list for beginning novelists, which would work equally well for birthdays too, while this Bookaholic blogspot features some interesting items – such as bookshelf wallpaper!
What gift did you most want this Christmas, what did you get, and what did you give this year to your writer friends? Read more
The specialness of stationery
Most writers seem to love stationery – it is, after all, the means by which we first communicate – even if we subsequently get hooked on the computer.
I can remember the joy with which I went through the list of stationery needed for my final year at junior school, buying one crayon a week until I had the required number. And then, when you got to school, there was the specialness of writing on the first page of each brand new exercise book; trying to produce your very best writing for Read more
Buy the 2011 Yearbook
The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook is available at a discount from our online bookshop. Get all the information, contacts and advice you could need.-
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