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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Book #7: Social Media

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Annabel Smith

Do authors need to be on social media? Publishers say yes, but when it comes to actual data that proves it sells books,…

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Writers & Other Animals: Eliza Henry-Jones on Gillian Mears’ Foal’s Bread

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Annabel Smith

My work in progress Monkey See features a super-intelligent Spider Monkey named Chacho. Writing the character of Chacho has made me think a lot…

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Book #6: Feelings

Posted on June 23, 2017July 27, 2017 by Annabel Smith

Image: Stella Prize Winners Clare Wright & Emily Bitto, feeling pretty darn good! Writing, perhaps more than most other careers, is characterised by…

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The Plague: Journey to a Book #1 – Freefall Writing a First Draft

Posted on May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 by Annabel Smith

If you read my last Journey to a Book post, you’ll know that based on feedback from the agent who read Monkey See,  (which…

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Book #4: Prizes

Posted on May 11, 2017July 27, 2017 by Annabel Smith

The fourth issue on our series for expectant writers is all about literary awards: how to get your book nominated, and how being…

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Book #2: Book Launches

Posted on April 7, 2017July 27, 2017 by Annabel Smith

Fabulous launch parties for which publishers foot the bill seem to be less and less common nowadays. When faced with covering the cost themselves,…

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Book: (Part 1) Getting a Blurb

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Annabel Smith

This week myself and fellow author Jane Rawson started a new blog series, in which we dish the dirt on what happens just before,…

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Whiskey & Charlie: Journey to a Book – US ‘Micro-Tour’

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Annabel Smith

Alright, I admit, it was mostly a holiday, but I I did do two bookshop events and I met my publisher so I can…

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Monkey See: Journey to a Book (Part 1) – Completing a First Draft

Posted on June 15, 2015June 13, 2015 by Annabel Smith

I recently finished the first draft of my fourth novel Monkey See, which I have been writing, on and off, for a year and a…

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This Writing Life: April 2015

Posted on April 21, 2015April 21, 2015 by Annabel Smith

I’ve had such a fun month in my writing world that it prompted me to start a new blog series. Welcome to the…

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