My Book Deal Moment

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. My book deal moment – last October – was far more dramatic, and rapid, than I could ever have dreamed. I had been working on my novel for a little over a year and had just signed with Lizzy Kremer, at David Higham, who had … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Sarah Vaughan

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I sold my first novel as dramatically as possible – I was sitting in the lobby of a grand hotel in Palm Beach, being serenaded by a pianist. The room was empty except for me, said pianist, and my husband and mother-in-law. … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Emma Straub

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I didn’t set out to write a romantic comedy. In fact, I didn’t even know I was writing one. At first it was just a collection of ideas that eventually gelled into something that made me laugh. I reckon you can only write to please … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by David Atkinson

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I had a cosy relationship with a publisher when I stopped wanting to do any more historical fiction set in medieval England. All I wanted to write about for the next book was refugees in the Russian Revolution. My publisher was … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Vanora Bennett