Lobster, copy edits, and reviews.
Once again I’m writing this at the swimming pool. At any one time, there’s usually a Beal wishing a sibling hadn’t been born. But give them the opportunity to get…
Category: Business
There is probably no civilised way to run my business in the summer holidays.
I should stop doing mind maps and setting up kanban boards, and embrace the hubbub. This week’s takeaways: avoid complex geometry in our cover designs – stick to trees; remember…
Deep work and the girl
I have about 12 hours per week for deep work. For me, this includes writing, editing, and email pitching/ asking people for something. I can do more for a big…
From here to publication: creating an excellent product.
So, Cadence is in business. Pre-orders have started coming in for the e-book of SOLD. And now we’re about to send Sue’s book to 3 teenage beta readers. We want…
Our first book is up for pre-order. A chance to do some good.
SOLD by Sue Barrow is on pre-order (e-book at the moment, print coming). Click here for a snoop on various stores. Thanks to Jennette Slade of Jennette Designs for the beautiful…
Putting up pre-orders for our first book.
Friday morning at 6.52am. Not my usual time to start a blog post, but the kanban board made me do it. I love moving those post-its into the ‘done section’.…
My novel undergoes its own dramatic transformation.
Rachel and I have three people’s novels to edit at the moment. There are contracts to negotiate, a tax return due, and this week I had a podcast to prepare…
Wind days, hospital marketing, and a novelist’s ode to post-it notes.
We have ‘snow days’ in Britain, but for the first time, the children are off school because of the wind. Unfortunately for them, COVID means teachers have wised up about…
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