This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I recently got the news that my editor was leaving my publishers. She’s going on to an amazing new job and opportunity, but as a newbie author I selfishly wondered what that meant for me and my books. I’ve only been with my … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – The Loss of an Editor
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The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – The Critique That Changed My Life
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. This time last year I’d had a busy week. My husband had gone to work in Switzerland, I had worked my last day at my job and I’d had limited sleep whilst I got my submission ready for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – The Critique That Changed My Life
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Parachuting into the Action
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. My editor suggested to me to re-write the first five chapters of Don’t Tell the Groom to move the story along quicker and to have less descriptions. Whilst it seemed like a daunting task it’s actually made me think a lot … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Parachuting into the Action
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Life as I know it
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. As if 2013 hasn’t been a busy enough year for me already: getting an agent, getting published and relocating to South West France, I’m also six and a half months pregnant. But what happens when you’re a full-time writer and a baby … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Life as I know it
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Letting go of your book
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. There comes a time on an author’s journey when you have to let go of your book. Your own novel is like a child, and it’s hard to relinquish control and let others in. That’s what I’ve had to do with Don’t Tell the Groom, now that … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Letting go of your book