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Tag Archives: book deal
Pitfalls of Publishing, or Lest I Forget
I’m now in the fortunate position of having three books published by DAW, with two more due out in January 2017 and October 2017, but achieving a novel publishing deal took years from my first short story sale to a … Continue reading
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Tagged book deal, book one, book two, books, crossways, empire of dust, Silv, Winterwood
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New Two-Book Deal
With Crossways less than 2 weeks away from publication I just got the go-ahead from my lovely agent (Amy Boggs of Donald Maass Literary) to announce this. I have a new contract with DAW for another two books to follow … Continue reading
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Tagged agent, ben benjamin, book deal, book three, book two, Cara Carlinni, crossways, empire of dust, Nimbus, psi-tech, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Re-reading my own book: Winterwood.
Having delivered Crossways, due for publication in August, I’ve stepped sideways straight into the edits for Winterwood, my third book – and a very different one from the first two space operas. Set in an alternate 1800 with magic, Winterwood … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, agent, book, book deal, book three, cover, editing, fantasy, historical fantasy, Ross Tremayne, Rossalinde Tremayne, Winterwood, writing
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How long is a novel?
As aspiring novellists we always receive conflicting pieces of advice. ‘A book should be as long as it needs to be,’ is always a good one, but it’s also generally sound advice that, ‘first time novellists should aim for a … Continue reading
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Scrivening
Jaine Fenn’s blog about Scrivener over at http://www.jainefenn.com/2014/03/scrive/ has prompted me to do a blog post about editing with Scrivener. I love Scrivener with a deep love. Karen Traviss recommended it at the beginning of last year and I thought … Continue reading
Publishers Marketplace Announcement
The announcement of my three book deal in Publishers Marketplace. So cool. This is never getting old.
Three Book Deal
It’s official and I can now announce it. I’ve got a three book deal with DAW in the USA (part of the Penguin group) for two science fiction and one fantasy novel. Two of them have been written already and … Continue reading