Check out this article in the Guardian on writing and getting published your first novel. It's enough to put you off trying. The advances seem to be either up to £12K for a two book deal or silly money if you have ever been on Big Brother or have slept with the prime minister. I haven't done either. Yet. I was wondering if I chopped off my leg it would help. (Did it for Heather Mills.)
Har Har.
There's a competition for first novels from Transworld and the Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/books/getinvolved.html?in_article_id=443521&in_page_id=1827
a contract and at least 30K and publicity. Any genre. Judged by Joanne Harris and Lee Child. Date is 2nd July. 80 to 150K words.
Monday 26 March 2007
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