Posted by on Jan 27, 2009 in agents, novel edits, submissions, writing to a commission | One Comment

Life does not get much better than … Today the sun shone. I had coffee with an agent (not my agent, not even remotely ever going to become my agent, because she deals with different territory, but a clever, witty woman who makes me laugh and makes me think), and picked up a little bit […]

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Posted by on Jan 10, 2009 in deadlines, writing to a commission | 2 Comments

Normal service will be assumed or presumed or whatever … and all that I’ve got a commission to write a thing for somebody. Can’t talk about it. Deadline was almost before they got in touch with me to ask if I could do it. Living on too much tea, Maltesers and adrenaline. Sleep optional. Money […]

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