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Agent Jenny Savill (left) and author Sara Grant join Notes from the Slushpile to share a few tips on how to improve your manuscript a... -
By Candy Gourlay Last Thursday, I attended the Agents' Party, a yearly SCBWI event that I stopped attending when I got signed by my ag... -
By Candy Gourlay Because of the popularity of this blog post, I will be updating this from time to time, to make sure the info is still u... -
It's a bargain! The 'Crabbit Bat', Nicola Morgan, is on a 'Write a Great Synopsis' blog tour and we... -
Nicky Singer with the BAFTA won by the TV version of Feather Boy for Best Children's Drama I met Nicky Singer , the author of the criti... -
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By Candy Gourlay Reports from the 2011 Winter Conference of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators I didn't m... -
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Great post, Candy, some really useful information - but it's scary how much tougher the children's market keeps getting. I find the whole agented/unagented thing very catch-22 - you can't get to certain publishers without an agent, but you can't get to agents without a contract. Tough world. Perseverance and sheer dumb stubborness pays, I suppose :-)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as one of those shifty wannabe authors, I think you've done a terrific job of rounding up what was said. Very useful post, Candy. I read stuff here I'd forgotten she'd said!
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Thanks Attylah, Wilf. The bit about the unforgiving market is very dispiriting, especially if you've been slogging away for years. But it was a real education listening to Sarah critique our work. You really get a sense of how high the bar is and she made you want to keep going, if only so that you could get a chance to have someone like her edit your work.
ReplyDeleteI guess we've got to try to find ways to add to our value as potential authors - through our blogs perhaps?
Thanks for reading!