Stroppy Author's guide to publishing

So - now you're a writer. You've got your book deal and drunk the champagne. Congratulations. What next? Is this book going to be a one-off or just your first? If the former, don’t worry your pretty little head over things like repro, margins, PLR, bogofs, bungs and e-ink. But if you are serious about being a writer, you need to know a bit about the business. Your publishers will respect you more – or at least find you difficult to patronise – if you know what you're both talking about.

Friday, 20 August 2010

Grim, Gross and Grisly

Grim, Gross and Grisly is published today and there will be a competition to win copies.

I'll post a gross, grim or grisly fact each day on twitter (follow @annerooney to see them) and then there will be a contest for the most yukky human fact posted as a comment here or with the tag #grimgrossgrisly on twitter. Not sure how many prizes yet - depends how many I can prise (ho ho) out of the lovely publishers. If you can't wait that long, it's £6.99 from Barrington Stoke (or Amazon, Foyles, Waterstones, of course).

2 comments:

Nicola Morgan20 August 2010 17:56
Is this how you know that cockroaches don't vomit but eels do? For which info I was very grateful. And BArrington Stoke are a lovely publisher. Well done and hooray!
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Stroppy Author20 August 2010 18:31
Thank you! But no - this one is all about humans. The eel/cockroach vomit research was from an older title, 1001 Horrible Facts (Arcturus, about 2006 or so).
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- Changing Bodies (children's non-fiction) - in press
- Slipstream, three titles (children's non-fiction) - in press
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- Slipstream 2, three more titles (children's non-fiction) - with editor
- What Immortal Hand (children's fiction) - in progress
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- Eleven Days (YA fiction) - first draft done; on hold