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Caroline Rance's Blog
August 22, 2009
- One or two people have described my book as ‘gripping’ or mysterious. I’m not relating this in order to show off but because it’s about time I did a proper blog post about writing, so I thought I’d describe my process of building up tension and mystery.Plot events, however exciting, don’t create much mystery on their own. They need foreshadowing by little clues that encourage the ...
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August 18, 2009
- Just a couple of pics from my Borders Cheshire Oaks signing on 15 August, because although I don’t want to fill up my blog with me-sitting-gormlessly-in-a-shop photos, it is nice to have a record of each event.Borders was really well geared up for signings – note the smart tablecloth, backdrop and book stands! The staff were friendly and professional and set everything up for me and I was ...
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August 8, 2009
- Originally posted on my blog at http://writingandallthat.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/the-modern-writing-day-a-beginners-guide/
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July 26, 2009
- A good review here from Jackie at Farm Lane Books, who recommends Kill-Grief to “historical fiction fans with a stomach of steel!” There are some great comments from her readers too.I’ve been following this blog for a while and really like it. The reviews are helpful and concise, and there’s a good balance of well-known books and less high-profile ones. An excellent place to find ...
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July 24, 2009
- Some authors and publishers are ambivalent about the value of book signings – or even dead against them. The über-famous know that people will buy the books anyway, so a signing is just a treat for the fans. For others it hardly seems worth sitting awkwardly in a shop for three hours being asked where the latest Jade Goody biography is.For those of us, however, who are counting our sales in ...
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July 21, 2009
- When I was first doing the submissions/rejections thing, I had an idealistic vision of post-publication life.That is, I thought it would be pretty much the same as before.I would have a book with my name on it, but other than that I'd still be sitting in the same chair, writing another novel at the same computer. The only differences would be that I'd have a valid excuse for doing it, and if I ...
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July 14, 2009
- I will be signing Kill-Grief at Waterstone’s in Chesham, Bucks, this Saturday (18 July) from 11am until 2pm, so if you are in the area and would like to pop in and say hello, I will be delighted to see you. For a map and further details, click here or contact me via my website.I have been doing some publicity for this over the past couple of weeks and it has occurred to me how useful a ...
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July 4, 2009
- I was at the Exclusively Independent event at Fulham library last night, and had a great time meeting the other writers and reading from my book… but blimey, I hope the next event is in the winter. Out here in sedate Great Missenden it has been possible to keep cool by staying indoors or going out in the Jeep with the roof down, but the Tube during the rush hour was quite a different ...
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June 24, 2009
- With fewer publisher pounds going into publicity these days, authors are increasingly expected to do the bulk of their own book promotion. Fortunately for us, the web provides a wealth of free opportunities. Unfortunately for everyone else, some authors don't realise what will do more harm than good. Here are the instructions for becoming one of those authors...1. Join every book-related forum ...
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June 14, 2009
- You know what really annoyed me when I was going through the submissions/rejections process?Actually, it still annoys me.Published people telling so-called ‘aspiring’ writers that ‘being published won’t sort your whole life out, you know’ or ‘It’s not the be-all and end-all.’It was OK for them to have spent years working towards their goal, coping with the frustrations, getting ...
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May 1, 2009
- Writing a book is one thing. That only takes a few years of dreaming, scribbling, typing, banging your head on the desk and waking up in the middle of the night with the most original idea ever, only to discover in the morning that your bedside notebook is scrawled with stuff like “elephant – maggots – how many?” Making it fit for anyone to read is quite another thing – more months of ...
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April 19, 2009
- Well, would you believe I logged on to the interweb to do a post about some of the things people are searching for when they stumble on my blogs, and discovered that Sarah Johnson of Reading the Past has been quicker off the mark! But anyway, here are my own favourites from the last month or so. We begin with the nonsensical ….ancient rhinos in ranceThen there’s the faintly unnerving…men ...
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April 15, 2009
- Tomorrow is the day. My début novel will be released and I will finally be able to prove to the world that I am not an unemployable waster. Well, actually, I am, but at least I managed to write a book at the same time.Publication day has long been a date to focus on; a distant point up to which I can maintain the excitement of Being A Writer without reality kicking in. After tomorrow, will the ...
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March 28, 2009
- I thought it would be fun to record myself reading from my book. Then I could put the file on my website and people could listen to my dulcet tones and think “Wow! She’s so sophisticated! I must buy that book straight away!”I could even work out how to make it into a podcast, as the cool kids are calling it. Then bookshop managers would flock to invite me to do readings, and the ...
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March 25, 2009
- Ah, wouldn't it be lovely to go on a writing retreat? A week alone in a wilderness-y location, free to tap away on my laptop, scribble in a pretty notebook or spread out the pages of my work in progress across the crisp, non-dog-haired linen of a comfy bed. I'd go out for solitary, silent walks in the sunshine, and return inspired by the sea breeze hushing through the grasses and the lonely cries ...
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