by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog, Editorial Development, Improve your writing, Popular, Publishing
One of my most popular posts, I’ve finally given my take on unsolicited manuscript submissions to Australian book publishers a makeover. Most writers who submit their manuscript electronically are wasting their time. Here’s why – and what you can do...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Editorial Development, Improve your writing, Publishing
In my experience, if your manuscript has areas for improvement, they will be obvious to a publishing industry professional in the very first pages of your work, whether fiction or nonfiction. To an unpublished writer, this may sound harsh, but to people who read...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog, Publishing
I’m extremely happy to report that GIRLS AT THE PIANO, the book I have been writing, on and off, for the past seven (gasp) years, will be published in Australia by Allen & Unwin in early 2018. While it’s good news for me personally – the second...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog, Publishing
According to a roundup of rights sales at the book industry’s biggest get-together, the Frankfurt Book Fair, psychological thrillers are going the way of wizards, but nonfiction about the environment is in, in, in. What’s the Frankfurt Book Fair? Each...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog, Publishing
Radio National recently lifted the lid on the Australian book publishing slush pile, that ‘unlovely place’ (according to Picador publisher Geordie Williamson) where unsolicited manuscripts go for assessment by an anonymous reader inside a publishing house....
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Publishing
Hello writers! I had a baby last year, so I’m a bit behind on my query pile. That’s why I’ve hit the Pause button on new submissions. However, I love helping authors get published – and have a long track record of doing just that – and...