I’m working on my Walking the English Coast non-fiction book. Not sure if I’m ever truly happy with anything I write.
I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published.
It’s two years since I joined the project and, although I have finished my novel, The Reluctant Scribe, I’m still collecting rejections from agents.
Continue reading “January update: 5 year writing project”
My quest for an agent for my historical novel, The Reluctant Scribe, continues. I’ve written to eight so far, with six polite rejections and two still pending.
Meanwhile, I’m moving on. From the past and into the future…
I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published.
My quest for an agent for my historical novel, The Reluctant Scribe, continues. I’ve written to eight so far, with six polite rejections and two still pending.
In the meantime, I’m moving on with my next novel. It’s completely different in tone and style. This time it’s a fast-paced, sci-fi adventure, written in the first person, present tense, and aimed at the young adult reader. Continue reading “5 year writing goal: November update”
After several posts in which I describe my stressful – and fruitless – search for an agent, it gives me great pleasure to celebrate a small success with you.
Last month I was lucky enough to have a short story published in 44 Square, the annual journal of new fiction, published by Birkbeck, University of London.
You can read my story, along with all the other included pieces, by downloading a PDF of the anthology. It’s free!
The journal features some excellent work from a bunch of talented writers, and I feel honoured that my short story, Letter to Oliver, was selected for publication. This is the second time I’ve had a short story selected for the 44 Square journal. Once was wonderful, but to be accepted twice represents a huge achievement for me.
(I also had some poetry accepted in another journal, but I’ll tell you all about that in another post.)
I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published.
This is my update on progress this month with my historical novel, The Reluctant Scribe.
After the last piece of very helpful advice from an experienced reviewer, I have completed the following changes:
I have sent my novel of for another review, to an adult historical fiction author. Here are her comments and recommendations.
I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published. This is my update on progress this month.
I have sent my novel of for another review, to an adult historical fiction author. Overall, her comments were very positive: “you quickly drew me into this very different world and in no time I was happily living alongside your characters.”
Ruth Livingstone 