@juliec
Active 7 years, 3 months ago-
Debi Alper replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Good luck. You’ve had some excellent advice above. Good here, innit?
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Jules replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Here for the group hug too 🙂
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Jules replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Best of luck, Pinkie. Roiting for you.
And what a great thread 🙂
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Debi Alper replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Ach. There goes a chunk of our collective history. At least we have a den-shaped future. Group hug?
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
I’ve just checked and the same for me. This might be it 🙁
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Jules replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Same here. I’ve found it erratic for a couple of weeks now but today nothing at all – blank screen. I think everyone 3lse I’ve spoken to has had the same problem.
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@debi – hello lovely editrix! Sorry I shan’t see you at York this year, but I’ll be thinking of you all from afar xx
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Janette replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Don’t know where/how else to post this, but has Cloud finally died? Getting only error messages today.
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Jules replied to the topic Book 2 of Oath and Crown out soon in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
Ooh I’m up on the podium with Daed 🙂
It feels like a long time since we wrote the book now and it’s great that it’s on it’s way for public consumption now.
And thanks, Raine. All signal boosting much appreciated.
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Hilary replied to the topic Example Cover Letter in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
I didn’t know that mentioning other agents by name was a no-no. How did you find out? Did they tell you?
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Debi Alper replied to the topic Places to find short story submission opportunities in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
Ha! Point taken. I will assume nothing and you can all shout at me if I say something you definitely do know about.
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Debi Alper replied to the topic Places to find short story submission opportunities in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
You do all know about ShortStops, run by the wonderful Tania Hershman, don’t you? https://shortstops.info/ The regular emails she sends out list all the events and comps in one place.
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Raine started the topic Places to find short story submission opportunities in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
A few places that are good for finding places open to submissions for your flashes, shorts, poetry, novella-in-flash etc etc.:
Submittable – https://manager.submittable.com Lots of journals use this as their submissions portal, but you can also search current opportunites.
Christopher Fielden – https://www.christopherfielden.com/ Keeps lists…[Read more]
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Raine started the topic Do Not Go Quietly in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
Apex books are open to subs for an anthology called DO NOt Go QUietly, about resistance in SFF settings. Paid (a bit). <7,500 words. Deadline Sept 19th.
https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontpage/do-not-go-quietly-kickstarter-and-open-submissions
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Raine started the topic Disturbing the beast – short deadline in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
Boudicca press are open to subs of shorts for an anthology called Disturbing the Beast. It’s ‘weird and literary’ and for women only (sorry). Looking for stories on female-centered topics. 500-6,000 words. DEadline 14th Sept
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Raine replied to the topic Book 2 of Oath and Crown out soon in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
YAY for book two. Will twitter about it…
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Raine replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Wow, good thread me dears. PB, and others submitting, I feel your pain. I had an agent, had a book go out on sub, said agent left publishing, so now back to submitting a new book. I guess my experience has told me a few things:
1. Research your agencies as well as your agents. My agent was early career (a good thing re ambition perhaps), but also…[Read more] - Load More
