Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category
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Want help selling a book or film?
13 Apr 2023HELP SELLING A BOOK OR FILM No book or film reviews today. This week I’m talking about pitching a book…
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Oy veh! Jewface casting?
17 Dec 2021JEWFACE CASTING There was a massive fuss this autumn when a major Hollywood movie came out. A white actor played…
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Hallucinations at the Oscars
23 Apr 2021HALLUCINATIONS AT THE OSCARS Like staring into a fire, part of the fun of watching all the films submitted for…
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Is the rise of the topical novel killing literature?
11 Dec 2020THE RISE OF THE TOPICAL NOVEL In 2010, I took my then agent for a Chinese lunch. I pitched an…
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Why most people are crap at persuading
22 May 2020GETTING GOOD AT PERSUADING This message was intended solely for writers and film-makers, until I realised that pitching and persuading…
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Angry movies at the Baftas
29 Jan 2020ANGRY MOVIES AT THE BAFTAS We live in angry times, it seems. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I…
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#IndieAuthorChat Nov 19 & book offer
14 Nov 2019Book offer Christmas is coming and the first presents are on their way. First, I’m hosting a free Twitter chat…
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Do’s and don’ts of submitting to agents
30 Oct 2019SUBMITTING TO AGENTS Crime writer Dominique Hall has written to me for advice on sending a novel to an agent.…
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The roller-coaster ride of publishing a novel
04 Jul 2019THE ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF PUBLISHING A NOVEL It’s not often that a writer gets to blow his own trumpet, but…
