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Advance to Go!


Woohoo! My advance cheque arrived this week.
Unfortunately it’s not the one pictured, but something much more modest. But hey, it’s an advance and it’s one more step towards making this whole thing a reality.
I’m told that my book will be listed on the publisher’s website in the next couple of weeks too. Will link to [...]

Negotiating the Contract


One of the first things that an author may have to deal with is the contract. Having had no experience with this I was somewhat daunted by the draft sent to me. Was it reasonable? Were the royalties and advances “normal”? Was I signing my life away to the devil?
Luckily if you’re in the UK, [...]