This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I had written just three chapters of my debut novel, With My Lazy Eye, when I sent them away to a handful of Irish publishers and literary agents. I’d spent months labouring over those opening chapters so they were quite polished … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Julia Kelly
My Book Deal Moment
My Book Deal Moment by Kristy Woodson Harvey
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. “How are you doing?” my agent asked me. How was I doing? I think panicked pretty much summed it up. Anticipatory. Scared. Excited. Worried. Elated. Anxious. All of the above. Because it was the day. After months of submissions, a … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Kristy Woodson Harvey
My Book Deal Moment by Samantha Tonge
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. It took me a while to get my first publishing deal. I started writing, ooh, ten years ago. My first novel only had four chapters at 90,000 words, which taught me a lot about structuring and forward-planning! A couple more novels … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Samantha Tonge
My Book Deal Moment by Michela Montgomery
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. They say that being a writer is like telling a joke but waiting two years to know if it was funny. In my case, it was actually more like waiting six years…and to this day – I still don’t know if it’s funny or not. The … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Michela Montgomery
My Book Deal Moment by Helen Giltrow
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Moment #1: I’m lying on the bedroom floor with a heavy cold, an inner-ear problem and the room spinning gently around me when my agent Judith phones to say, ‘Are you sitting down?’ She sent the manuscript of my debut novel The … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Helen Giltrow