Peter Lythgoe, came down to my book signing and did an interview with me. Amazingly all done on His Ipad. I hate looking at myself as I always look so tired, but that is due to my M.E. and pushing myself a bit too hard sometimes. He does these videos for free so I am extremely grateful for him spending his time with little old me.
Take a look and let me know what you think.http://youtu.be/9aHHDNUZniU
I am also extremely privileged to be asked to feature in a video for the Dorset M.E. Support group. My son Declan of DCLN Media is making it, so at least I can get him to photoshop my wrinkles out.
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Friday, 1 June 2012
Coping With Rejection.
Rejection is such a hard thing to take when you have worked hard on a story you think is at it's best. I was lucky to win some tickets to go to the London Book Fair and got to have a 5 min pitch with a publisher. I was so nervous and I am not sure how I came over, but next time I will be more prepared and professional. I got some good advice from the Writers advice centre for children and I handed over my work to the publisher with great anticipation. He promised to get back to me in a couple of weeks.
He kept to his word and had some great feedback and advice, this gave me confidence that he had actually read my work. Unfortunately he did not take up any of my stories and only was interested in one. I cheekily thanked him for the feedback and asked to be given another chance with a re-write.
It still got rejected, but I learnt so much from this process and has given me the confidence to continue and use the points he made in my future work.
No one said the road to become a sucessful writer is a smooth one.
I am currently putting together a story for the Greenhouse Funny Prize. Fingers crossed. http://greenhouseliterary.com/index.php/blog/article/announcing_the_greenhouse_funny_prize_open_to_uk_irish_writers/
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