Notes from the Slushpile

Notes from the Slushpile is a team blog maintained by eight friends who also happen to be children's authors at different stages of the publishing journey.

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Showing posts with label New Realities of Publishing. Show all posts

Showing posts with label New Realities of Publishing. Show all posts

Monday, 15 June 2015

We are Liars. And Editors are Just Readers

By Candy Gourlay Here's a report from the AFCC's first retreat for writers and illustrators on Bintan Island in Indonesia, wh...

Sunday, 9 February 2014

Let them eat book tours: a new class system in publishing?

Last week I read agent Donald Maass's post in which he cheekily described a new class system that has emerged from the ongoing publishi...

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

We children's authors are a supportive bunch, cheering each other on through gritted teeth

By Candy Gourlay Hilary Mantel (Photo: Harper Collins) Go, Hilary! After winning the Booker Prize a second time (with the second b...

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Publisher Kate Wilson: As The Nosy Crow Flies!

By Addy Farmer Kate Wilson, founder and MD of Nosy Crow , landed at the Lincoln Book Festival on Saturday 14th May. Refusing all off...

Monday, 11 May 2009

Performing authors and Fiona's video

My friend Fiona Dunbar's new book Tiger-Lily Gold has just come out and to celebrate she made this video (I helped!) Meanwhile, Nicola...

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

London Book Fair: The digital dilemma - obsessed or overwhelmed ?

Is it just geeky me or was the London Book Fair rather preoccupied with the challenge - threat? - of the digital life? "Waiting for the...

Monday, 30 March 2009

Google Giveth and Google Taketh Away

I'm a Google enthusiast, I admit it. I've switched from Internet Explorer and Firefox to Google Chrome. I enjoy Google Earth. I use ...

Friday, 27 March 2009

Fighting the Sads

Siobhan Dowd has another book out, Solace of the Road It's my constant companion at the moment, a great way to get the writing juices fl...

Monday, 26 January 2009

Picture Book Author Sue Eves visits the Slushpile

Welcome to the first of an occasional series in which authors who have managed to escape from the Slushpile visit our blog and give us hope!...

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Do websites and book trailers sell books?

Yesterday on Facebook, I launched my new wheeze - web mentoring workshops . I've been trying out all the different website-creating tool...

Monday, 19 January 2009

YouTube Bit Me! (But I Deserved It)

I've gotten away with it so far but now, technology is catching up with me. I got the following email from YouTube today: Dear Candy Gou...

Saturday, 17 January 2009

How We All Used to Think Getting Published Was Like

Lucy Coats ( Coll the Storyteller's Tales of Enchantment ) posted this on Facebook: How sweet it is to remember those days when getting...

Thursday, 18 December 2008

An Action Movie to Make Your Day and Thinking about Book Trailers

So over on my friend Addy's wonderful fiction blog about Wilf there's an action movie to watch in case there aren't any James B...

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

RIP Oliver Postgate: "Children are no longer children. With so many millions at stake they are a market"

The Guardian today published a 2003 article by the late Oliver Postgate - creator of the Clangers, Bagpuss (pictured) and Ivor the Engine -...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Economic blah-turn: 'My fellow book lovers ...'

The writing is on his forehead: oh how to lead them out of the Recession? And so it has begun. The other day, I received a rejection letter ...

Saturday, 11 October 2008

New Technology's Eternal Problems

Thanks to Jane Friedman of the There Are No Rules blog for this. And so it goes. If you can't see video, click here

Thursday, 9 October 2008

As Recession Looms, Consider Signing Up for Big Brother

I guess one of the great things about having an agent, is that the rejections come more quickly. No, really. If you know a publisher has pas...

Monday, 6 October 2008

The Great Literacy Debate: What is the Future of Reading?

The New York Times is running a series debating the future of reading . In July, the NY Times wondered if the new realities of the web signa...

Sunday, 21 September 2008

Send Your Work to BrubakerFord Ltd - But Only If You are Nice

The FAQ item on Brubaker Ford Ltd's website says it all: Frequently Asked Question: I am a best-selling and/or award-winning author bu...

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