Meeting & greeting

One of the unexpected outcomes of being a literary agent is that it means I am in the privileged position of knowing exactly how tough it is to forge a career with your pen. As a result, it is always

SOCIALISING HAS EVOLVED BEYOND THE PUB AND, IN ITS PLACE, THERE’S A THIRST FOR SOMETHING NEW, ROOTED IN A DESIRE FOR COMMUNITY THAT’S STRONGER THAN EVER. HATTIE CRISELL SIGNS UP TO THE MOVEMENT

CAMILLE gulped down her cup of coffee, snatched up her keys and hurriedly hauled back the living room curtains. It wasn’t like her to oversleep, and of course it had to be this morning, when she had a

FIONA, my writing pal, takes her laptop to her local coffee shop most days, plonks herself and her latte down at a corner table and gets to work. “How do you concentrate?” I’ve asked her many times. “

PART IV

Social media dominates the writing world. We’re encouraged to have writer profiles that promote our work, publicise our writing projects, and help us engage with readers. In the BSM days (Before Socia