Writing in 2015 (So far)

September 20, 2015June 16, 2016 Leonie Writing acceptance, frontier series, novels, publishing, rejection, short stories, Too many ideas, writing

It's been a year of writing lots of stuff so far. This year seems to have been my year of having too many ideas - although I'm yet to be convinced that having too many ideas is actually a problem if you're a writer. Earlier this year, Frontier Resistance (Book 2 in the Frontier Series) … Continue reading Writing in 2015 (So far)

NSW Writers Centre Speculative Fiction Festival

July 19, 2015June 16, 2016 Leonie Speculative Fiction Stuff, Writing Amie Kauffmann, Australia, authors, bechdel test, Bloomsbury, Bruce McCabe, Cat Sparks, editing, Fablecroft, fantasy, Garth Nix, Harper Collins, Ian McHugh, Isobelle Carmody, James Bradley, Joanne Anderton, Joel Naoum, Kate Forsyth, Keith Stevenson, Liz Gryzb, Marianne De Pierrres, Momentum, NSW Writers Centre, Panterra Press, publishing, Richard Harland, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Festival, Stephanie Lai, Tehani Wessley, Thoraiya Dyer, Ticonderoga, Trudi Canavan, writing

I headed off to the NSW Writers Centre Speculative Fiction Festival yesterday. It was a chilly morning when we left the Upper Hunter at around 5am, but we made good time, and arrived just before the registration time of 9am. It's always a bit of a guessing game travelling to Sydney from here. On a … Continue reading NSW Writers Centre Speculative Fiction Festival

Manuscript First Pages – Things I’ve learnt along the way.

October 7, 2014June 16, 2016 Leonie My Books, Writing books, characters, first chapters, first pages, freshly squeezed, grabbing the reader, learning, manuscript, publishing, Reading, show vs tell, stories, test readers, writing

One of the things I've learnt since my publishing journey began, is that I'm not that great at first pages or back cover blurbs. I'm lucky that I have a publisher who looked past my first chapter and read the whole story and thought it had enough potential to publish - something that many publishers wouldn't have … Continue reading Manuscript First Pages – Things I’ve learnt along the way.

Book Marketing

March 30, 2014March 30, 2014 Leonie Uncategorized advice, brand name, earnings, Facebook, Goodreads, Hague Publishing, Ian Irvine, Marketing, online presence, publishing, stories, Twitter

Last week I wrote about the never ending search that many authors face to attract an agent. Ideally, the author attracts an agent as a result of their scintillating writing, and the agent then miraculously opens the doors to the major publishing houses and all of a sudden there's an amazing contract on the author's … Continue reading Book Marketing

The Never Ending Agent Issue.

March 23, 2014March 23, 2014 Leonie Uncategorized ALAA, Brook and Beyond, eBooks, Hague Publishing, Literary agents, NSW Writers Centre, publishers, publishing, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, The Conversation, Writers groups, writing

Although I've had one book published, and another is to be published shortly, I don't have an agent. I'm not self published (thank you Hague Publishing!), and not really in a position for agent hunting right now, due to my current publishing commitments, but I was prompted to think about the whole agent thing again … Continue reading The Never Ending Agent Issue.

Editing

January 17, 2014January 17, 2014 Leonie Uncategorized acceptance, editing, editor, Frontier Incursion, Frontier Resistance, good editing, paperback, proof reading, publishing, show vs tell, Starcat, test reader

I'm in the middle of editing the manuscript for Frontier Resistance, and I'm finding it an interesting process, the second time around. It's not enormously different, but it is less confronting and less daunting. I've spoken at a few events about my first book, and I've usually described the manuscript acceptance notification as "interesting." There's … Continue reading Editing

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