Who’s your buyer?

This week, I want to talk about who’s buying your book. I don’t mean your eventual reader. I mean your publisher. It’s easy to assume…

Harry 25 August 2023

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The root of the root

There’s an E. E. Cummings poem which tells us: here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the…

Harry 18 August 2023

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Leaking steam

This week – and inspired by your excellent responses to Feedback Friday – we’re going to be talking steam engines and the particular importance of…

Harry 11 August 2023

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Meet Bob, Author and Ultimate Novel Writing Course Student

Over the course of one year, our UNWC students embark on a life-changing journey, transforming their ideas into publishable novels, ready to place into the…

Katie 9 August 2023

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE – Daisy Chandley from Peters, Fraser & Dunlop

Good morning, everyone! This week, we’re joined by Daisy Chandley, an Associate Agent at Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. Daisy joined PFD in 2019 and has…

Anna 8 August 2023

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE – Andrew James from Frog Literary Agency

Good Morning! I’m excited to share an interview with the wonderful Andrew James, founder and agent of Frog Literary Agency. Andrew founded Frog Literary in…

Kate 25 July 2023

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The First 500

The opening chunk of your book can do a LOT. I once sold a non-fiction book off the back of no more than 10,000 words.…

Harry 21 July 2023

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All their pretty white decapitated heads

We’ve been talking a lot about marketing:  I also said that I would “show you some snippets of how the book itself lines up behind…

Harry 14 July 2023

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A vase hidden beneath velvet

This email completes a messy quartet of emails around selling books. If you’ve missed them (and – what? – you’ve missed them? YOU DON’T READ MY STUFF???),…

Harry 13 July 2023

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This email is disorganised and badly planned

This email is, I guess, the third in a set of missives about marketing. (Here’s the first one, here’s the second.) If I were more…

Harry 30 June 2023

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