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Submitting my first client

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Submitting my first client

Yes, so we have finally reached the stage where I went out yesterday to publishers on both sides of the pond with my very first client Sam Hawkes who I took on in June last year. 

You may be asking - why has it taken so long? Well the simple answer is, it takes time to craft a book. Sam's original submission was wonderful, fabulously written with original characters and some great world building. But my previous role was as an editor and editors like to tinker with words. Okay - maybe not so much tinker as ravage, pillage and reorder. 

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A new client joins the list!

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A new client joins the list!

Aside from the huge pile of rejection letters I still have to send out - far from my favourite part of the job, I've also been doing a lot of reading and editing.  

Both Sam and Ashley are busy reworking their scripts ready for me to send out a little later to publishers and, in the meantime, I've taken on another client. Yay! 

Say hello to Heather Child.

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A Day in the Life of an Agent - with Juliet Mushens

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A Day in the Life of an Agent - with Juliet Mushens

Do authors actually need an agent to get traditionally published? What is it an agent actually does? How easy is it to get one and what will they do for you that you can't do for yourself? Juliet Mushens takes us through a typical day for her in the life of an agent. 

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A new voice to represent

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A new voice to represent

So it's been a month or so since I left Tor UK and all my wonderful authors there. And I've been slowly going through the submissions that have been sent in to me. I have to say I've been hugely impressed by the quality! But, there was one that immediately captured my attention. Just with the first line. 'I was seven years old the first time my uncle poisoned me.'