Archive for the BOOKS Category
Defending the ghost
I was listening to a radio interview with former Queensland chief magistrate Di Fingleton this morning. Fingleton’s memoir, Nothing to do with justice, has just been released. Hers is a remarkable story: she was jailed for six months in 2003 after being convicted of threatening a subordinate – a conviction later deemed wrongful. Woman in [...]
An elevator pitch for Red Hill Publishing
It’s been a remarkable year for Red Hill Publishing, our first in business. We sat down this week to ask the central question: exactly what do we do?
Mummy’s having a temper tantrum
I have a terrible temper. Mostly I think people would see me as very calm; I have been surprised from time to time by friends and colleagues describing me as serene; I’ve even been called ‘majestic’ on one occasion. But when I lose it, I lose it. Big time.
The Book Thief – will a publisher steal my idea?
One question authors often ask me is, ‘how do I know you won’t steal my ideas or my words?’ There is no ironclad guarantee that a publisher won’t steal your concept or your manuscript. However, even on a pragmatic level a reputable publisher would never steal from an author, because it would mean that if [...]
The publishing roller coaster
One of the hardest challenges that confronts an author entering the publishing process? Letting go.
Authorpreneur postscript
I thought I’d best write a postscript to my last post about the author as entrepreneur. Two things: first, I was mostly referring to non-fiction publishing (which is what I refer to most of the time, because that’s mostly what I do). And secondly, the ‘business angel’ part of my analogy referred to Red Hill [...]
Authorpreneur – the author as entrepreneur
People think the end game of writing a book is getting published, but it’s not. The end game is making money (or influencing/touching/entertaining a vast audience with your story, depending on how you look at it).
