Tag: getting published

Rejection Letters – Learn From Your Mistakes and Become a Better Writer

Published February 3, 2012 by Guest Author

As a writer, it is almost a given that your dream is for someone to notice your talents, realise your natural flair for words, and agree that your work is worthy of gracing the shelves of bookstores worldwide. Before you achieve that dream however, you have to let publishers know you’re out there. And that means writing letters, which in turn, if you’re lucky, means receiving replies to those letters. And more often than not those replies will be rejection letters.

Some People Won’t Like It, and That’s Alright

Published December 15, 2011 by Guest Author

It’s a never-ending quest to find that one thing that everyone likes. Something that would appease any man, woman, or child the world over. Every single person is different though, and I doubt there is any one thing that every single person likes. When we write stories, we write them with the intent that every single person who reads it will love it.

Annette's bookshelf: read

Postmortem

by Patricia Cornwell

I loved this book. It has the power to draw you into the plot and it's easy to lose track of time. Well worth the read.

Thornyhold

by Mary Stewart

I loved this book. It's beautifully descriptive yet compelling. It was the first Mary Stewart book that I had read and I could not put it down. I think I sat up into the small hours to finish it. I enjoyed the air of mystery and the expe...

Bare Bones

by Kathy Reichs

I really enjoy Kathy Reichs books. These are favourites for when I want to shut out the world for a few hours and to enjoy quality writing and good storytelling. If you like this style of writing and a good plot, you will enjoy this book.

Goodreads for Authors

by Michelle Campbell-Scott

I really enjoyed this book. I have been a member of Goodreads for a long time but as a full-time writer/author, I seem to get less time to read these days. This is something which I plan to correct but exploring a new site can take up a ...

Eternity's Shadow (Science Fiction Adventure)

by Mark Whiteway

I want to be above board and say that I provided a manuscript critique on this book (and others in the series) before it was published, but even so, I really rate this book and would like to share the reasons why. Science fiction books...