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Ask the Editor: What happens between an editor liking a manuscript to them making an offer? How many people have to agree?

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Caroline Hogg has worked in publishing for almost ten years, at Little, Brown Book Group and more recently at Avon, HarperCollins. In February she'll be joining Pan Macmillan as Senior Commissioning Editor for Commercial … [Read more...] about Ask the Editor: What happens between an editor liking a manuscript to them making an offer? How many people have to agree?

The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – It’s Who You Know . . .

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Like any competitive industry, publishing can, at times, be about who you know and the contacts you make. What I want to know is just how much contact you have to have before you go in' for the kill’ with your pitch? Take … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – It’s Who You Know . . .

Review – Cupcakes at Carrington’s by Alexandra Brown

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Reviewed by Debs Carr Georgie Hart is a personal shopper at Carringtons, the grandest department store in her home town of Mulberry Bay. She runs the luxury handbag concession selling coveted designer handbags, while … [Read more...] about Review – Cupcakes at Carrington’s by Alexandra Brown

Ten Books…About Body Image

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. With January and February being such hard, cold months, it's rather bizarre that we insist on punishing ourselves with New Year's resolutions to eat less and exercise more. No wonder many of us give up in the first … [Read more...] about Ten Books…About Body Image

Write Your Novel – Make a Book Soundtrack

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I've always been fascinated by the rituals writers have and the different methods used for getting 'in the zone'. Maya Angelou said (in a Paris Review interview) that she wrote in a hotel room with a glass of sherry to hand, … [Read more...] about Write Your Novel – Make a Book Soundtrack