This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Early last year when my life largely involved tootling around my house, going to work, burning dinners and writing in the evenings and weekends, my email box pinged. I had a message from Kirsty at Novelicious asking about a … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Rosie Blake
My Book Deal Moment
My Book Deal Moment by Pippa Croft
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Almost ten years ago, I started writing fiction. I can pin down the moment I started to write almost to the day because I was inspired to write specifically by a television series. That programme was the BBC adaptation of Elizabeth … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Pippa Croft
My Book Deal Moment by Sinead Moriarty
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. My mother is a writer. She wrote children’s books at the kitchen table when I was growing up and I always had a secret desire to write too. But it wasn’t until I turned thirty that I had the confidence to finally try to write a … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Sinead Moriarty
My Book Deal Moment by Gabrielle Kimm
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I suppose I must have been very naive at the time my lovely agent, Judith Murray, started sending my first novel, His Last Duchess, out to publishers back in 2008: I was so excited to know that I was being represented by such a … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Gabrielle Kimm
My Book Deal Moment by Miranda Dickinson
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I’ve been thinking a lot this year about the moment I heard my book was going to be published. It was five years ago and I had just been made redundant from my job as a political copywriter. The reason it has been on my mind is … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Miranda Dickinson