@juliec
Active 7 years, 2 months ago-
Debi Alper replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
@juliec – DHH is David Headley’s agency. David is also a bookseller, owning Goldsboro Books, which hosts some big events like Crime in the Court, and he became an agent in 2008. He knows the business from an unusual – but useful – angle. The agency has grown steadily. I met him a few times at York, in the early days of FoW. At that time, I think…[Read more]
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Giselle replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
What an astounding event. I can’t imagine any NY or Parisian agents heading two hours north to find new talent.
I wonder what the ambiance will be. Writers waiting in little rooms, or a more open event where they can mingle with one another?
@jd73, I asked that very question during York’s “meet the agents” panel. And they were unanimous in…[Read more]
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Jonathan replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
@juliec not really other than what they say on their site and twitter feed. I do know that they tend to be one of these “if you don’t hear back from us, assume it’s a no” which is why I never heard back from them… I queried Hannah Sheppard before (YA), but I think I will go with Harry Illingworth (SFF) this time.
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Raine replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
@jd73 that’s good news! I guess just make sure the first 3 chapters are different to the old version!
@juliec The agency are a big-ish well established one, with some big name authors and all that jazz. And yeah, any agency actively looking at diversity and accessibility is a good agency, to my mind. 🙂
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
Thank you, lovely people! Are you all trying to make me cry?!
@athelstone wish you’d been there too but we’ll certainly catch up another time and you’re not half bad at the encouragement yourself
@janette I laughed about the train once I was safely home! And thank you for not setting me off from the front row!
@johnt3 same fears as me but it was…[Read more]
