by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog, Editorial Development, Improve your writing, Popular, Publishing
One of my most popular posts, I’ve given my take on unsolicited manuscript submissions a makeover. The post is focused on submissions to Australian book publishers but is relevant to any writer seeking a traditional book deal who is considering direct submission...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 9, 2014 | Blog, Publishing
You’re an Australian writer with a great idea for a nonfiction book. Are you sure? Perhaps you should check with Google. We can thank Internet research for many things, but every innovative technology leaves unintended consequences in its wake. Google has given...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 24, 2013 | Blog, Publishing
The Mumbrella website has just republished the article Got a book in you?, which features interviews with me and Zeitgeist Media Group’s Benython Oldfield among a number of media-industry folks who have written books. First published in the media industry tablet...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 13, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
The Out of Print Writing blog has just published a short series of interviews with an Australian publisher (Rebecca Starford, Affirm Press), an Australian literary agent (me) and a writer (Neil Randall) on what happens when a writer gets “a nibble” of...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 20, 2012 | Blog, Memoir
Regular readers know of my lit-crush on Geoff Dyer (see here and here). In this interview with ASH Smyth over at Guernica on the occasion of his new book Zona, he has many interesting things to say, but here I’ll focus on what he says about nonfiction book...