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Home Posts tagged "Pan Macmillan"

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing / Ticonderoga Publications. Part 7…

Welcome to the final part of my blog series asking: what’s it like being a debut novelist? I love writing, publishing, and winning competitions with all my short stories… Still when I go to sleep at night, I dream about the day my novels will be read by, you know,…

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing. Part 6…

Part 6? Did you read correctly? Yes, you did! Due to the enormous success of my debut author series, two extra interviews will be expanding what was originally planned as a five-part series… to seven. A debut author from Ticonderoga Publications will join one more Harper Collins author. It seems…

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing. Part 5…

Welcome to the final part of my five-part* series about becoming a debut novelist. I love writing, publishing, and winning competitions with all my short stories… Still when I go to sleep at night, I dream about the day when my novels will be read by, you know, readers –…

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing. Part 4…

This is Part Four in my debut novelist series. I love writing, publishing, and winning competitions with all my short stories… Still I’d love my novels to be read by, you know, readers – and not just sat on my computer! But will the reality of becoming a debut novelist…

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing. Part 3…

Over the last few weeks, I’ve interviewing debut novelists about their experience. I love writing, publishing, and winning competitions with all my short stories… Still when I go to sleep at night, I sometimes dream about the day when my novels will be read by, you know, readers – and…

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing. Part 2…

Welcome to Part 2 of my blog series asking: what’s it like being a debut novelist? I love writing, publishing, and winning competitions with all my short stories… Still when I go to sleep at night, I dream about the day my novels will be read by, you know, readers…

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What it’s like being a debut novelist at Pan Macmillan / Harper Collins / Momentum Books / Indie Publishing. Part 1…

I want to be a debut novelist! Who doesn’t? I love writing, publishing, and winning competitions with all my short stories… Still when I go to sleep at night, I dream about the day my novels will be read by, you know, readers – and not just sat on my…

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