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Not exact matches
You have to admire an
author who, after a
successful debut, tries something new with a second novel.
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debut authors as well as multi-published
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I spent a long time studying the promotional methods of
successful self - published
authors before I released my
debut thriller, HUNTER.
Best - selling eBook
author Ryan made her
successful print
debut this year with this romantic suspense set on the Montana plains.
It is not every day that a writer makes the move from best - selling poetry to suspense fiction, and I suspect it's rarer still for the transition to be as
successful as that of British
author Sophie Hannah, who has penned a clever and original
debut in Little Face.
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Authors as a need for new
authors with a multitude of questions about how to build a successful author pl
authors with a multitude of questions about how to build a
successful author platform.
The Royal Society of Literature is holding a public vote to find out which second published novel is Britain's favourite, in recognition that writing a second novel, however
successful an
author's
debut, is «famously difficult» with «pressure always on its successor».
It means what constitutes a
successful publication will probably continue to change form forever, and trying to force a
debut author to replicate the success of an
author in the same genre from 10 years ago will be ultimately disappointing, possibly destructive, and a waste of time, when what we need to be doing with them is playing on their strengths and our strengths and the reality of the market.
We also know that an
author is much more likely to be
successful if their work has been reviewed by impartial eyes before it makes its public
debut.
It follows Dhand's
successful debut Streets of Darkness, with the
author displaying «more than a touch of the verve and pace of Lee Child», according to W H Smith Travel fiction buyer Matt Bates, who spearheads the Fresh Talent campaign.
The number of
authors who have been wildly
successful with their
debut work is miniscule — Robert, you're the exception, not the rule --
«Traditional publishers are rejecting so many quality books we're submitting, by both
debut authors and those with a solid track record of
successful titles,» Kimberly told me recently.
Our hugely popular and
successful 3 - month Novel Writing Course for
debut writers returns in September, taught by Curtis Brown literary agent and novelist Anna Davis and experienced
author Christopher Wakling.
Twenty - one
successful authors — including Junot Díaz, Charlaine Harris, Dean Koontz, and George Saunders — tell how they overcame writer's block, completed, and sold their
debut titles.