I’m delighted to welcome as my first blogging guest Mr Jonathan Pinnock, whose novel Mrs Darcy vs the Aliens has just landed in unsuspecting bookshops up and down the country. His ribald extraterrestrial Regency period mashup began life as an online web serial and has had an interesting gestation to say the least. (Jon is also … Continue reading Tension and tentacles: An appointment with Jonathan Pinnock
Month: September 2011
If publishing’s in the Last Chance Saloon, I’m ordering lunch
For the last 18 months I’ve been attending a group in my home town where writers, agents, publishers and anyone else with an interest in the book business meet, chat and have a few drinks. More often than not it goes like this: someone from the industry stands at the microphone and tells everyone that … Continue reading If publishing’s in the Last Chance Saloon, I’m ordering lunch