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 | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
For those readers who don’t use Twitter or who didn’t catch these links the first time I tweeted them, I’ve decided to post a regular round-up of my most-popular links on writing, editing, memoir and grants for writers from the past month. By doing...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 14, 2012 | Blog, Grants for writers, Publishing
If you’re an Australian nonprofit supporting creative artists, your project may be eligible for a grant from CAL’s Cultural Fund. Read on to find out. If so, you’ve got less than ten days to get your application in. What is Copyright Agency?...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing
From the virtual corridors of SheWrites comes a handy post, How to Organize a Blog Tour For Your New Book’s Release by published author Nava Atlas. A blog tour is a virtual book tour to promote your book using relevant blogs around the internet. Instead of the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 11, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Popular
Aspiring writers of memoir often ask me about “average” word count for their manuscript. While there’s no secret formula, I usually say that a reasonable range for a memoir would be between 65,000 words and 95,000 words. Below I set out examples of...