Write to be Published and details of a Minxy contest

She says she's a Crabbit Old Bat, but I've met her at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and I happen to think she's lovely. She knows her writing stuff, too, and is very generous with advice, as any of you who follow her blog will know. I'm talking, of course, about Nicola Morgan. The good news is Nicola has written a book full of advice on how you can 'make a publisher say Yes'. I now have my very own signed copy of Write to be Published, but was lucky enough to be picked to read it pre publication and you can find out what I thought here (scroll down, I'm there near the bottom of the page). It's a terrific book, very readable, humorous and it details a number of ways you might improve your submission to increase your chance of publication.

In other news, the Minxes are still celebrating their first birthday You can join in the fun and find out how to enter our Grand Prize Contest here (don't tell the rest of them, but I think I've just given you the answer to the contest question in these few lines - oops).

Finally, I'm still preparing that post of seven reasons I know my backside's too big. If I'm honest, I'm finding it hard to narrow it down to only seven. You may or may not be interested, but be warned, that list will be posted soon.