New post on The Honest Editor about what happens when your editor leaves, whether you can write in multiple genres, and more: honesteditor.substack.com/p/when-edito...

Today on The Honest Editor we spoke to Foreign Rights Director Melis Dagoglu of @HachetteUK about why translation rights matter, how her role works, and what’s on trend right now: honesteditor.substack.com/p/the-foreig...

Special interview on The Honest Editor this week with two superstar literary agents, @nelleandrew.bsky.social and Sue Armstrong. Find out what being an agent is really like, why success doesn’t happen overnight, and how to make your submission stand out: honesteditor.substack.com/p/the-litera...

How book auctions really work - and why you don’t have to have one! honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-book-auc…

New post about finding your hook in commercial fiction, why it matters, and what a hook really is! honesteditor.substack.com/p/what-is-a-ho…

A new post on Substack all about how we as publishers decide on book titles - and why! honesteditor.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-n…

New post on The Honest Editor about how to build back up from a disappointing book publication - why it happens and what you can do about it as an author 💖 honesteditor.substack.com/p/building-b...

I look forward to reading these articles from Phoebe when they arrive in my mailbox. If you are a budding or an established writer and haven’t subscribed to her Substack, I recommend you do!

How to get a literary agent - why you need one, what a good author-agent relationship looks like, and some practical tips… Join The Honest Editor and read for free: honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-to-get-a…

Wrote a piece for @thebookseller about why we need more transparency in publishing 💚

A great post from @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social on recontracting. Many factors influence decisions but some stuff (such as sticking to deadlines and being good to work with) seem to be within the writer’s control. Worth remembering when starting out with a publisher open.substack.com/pub/honested...

New post about what authors can do for themselves, and taking control in publishing when it feels as though you haven’t got any! honesteditor.substack.com/p/what-autho...

What really happens when an editor approaches your manuscript? How much control do you have? Read the next Honest Editor here for free: honesteditor.substack.com

I wrote about the dreaded “track record”, how publishers work with retailers, and what it all means for authors in The Honest Editor - read it for free here: honesteditor.substack.com/p/lets-talk-ab… 📚📚📚

Great post from @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social about how an author’s track record can influence future sales. There are so many factors, which go beyond whether the book is any good or not. open.substack.com/pub/honested...

The third edition of The Honest Editor is all about how publishers create book jackets and why they’re so important. Read it here for free: honesteditor.substack.com/p/the-covers-p… 📚🎨✍️#publishingn#booksks

SUCH a good insight to the publishing process from an editor / author, who also happens to be part of the amazing @hodderbooks.bsky.social team! ☺️

If you're an author, or an aspiring author, or interested in how the book business works, I really encourage you to read the new substack by @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social It's SO interesting & has taught me lots, especially today's post on covers. honesteditor.substack.com/p/the-covers...

A brilliant insight on publishing. Highly recommended.

The second newsletter from The Honest Editor is out! Sign up for a realistic & transparent take on the publishing industry and how it all works… honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe

Highly recommend signing up to Phoebe’s substack for an inside view on publishing from someone who is both an editor and a writer. This first issue - on acquisitions meetings - is fascinating.

Introducing 📚The Honest Editor 📚a new Substack aimed at telling the truth about publishing. Sign up to get it direct to your inbox for free: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe - first issue will be about what really happens in an acquisitions meeting when an editor wants to buy your book!

Good evening everyone I have my review of So Thrilled For You by @hollybourne.bsky.social on my blog today. Huge thanks for my proof copy @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social Full review below ⬇️ overtherainbowbookblog.co.uk/2025/01/29/b... #SoThrilledForYou

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Sending out proofs this week of the amazing new rom-com from NYT bestseller Sophie Cousens! Is She Really Going Out With Him has some of the best on-page chemistry I’ve ever read. Would you let your kids choose who you date after divorce? 💛

Oh, hi Bluesky! We're very excited to be here, and to share news & updates on all of the literary delights we have to offer ✨ ...and what better way to begin than by sharing the INCREDIBLE news that #YouAreHere by David Nicholls has just surpassed 100,000 hardback sales! 💛🗺 #BookSky

Here's this week's issue of The Crush Bar, feat. six gifts the theatre person in your life would actually like, plus three show worth seeing... - Trouble In Spiritland @traversetheatre.bsky.social - Cat On A HTR at Almeida - Ballet Shoes at NT Read/sub: thecrushbar.substack.com/p/the-crush-...

A lot will be written about Rupert Goold's remarkable time at the Almeida, but I guarantee this is the only bit that will compare him to Matt Le Tissier. My top 5 shows of his tenure: 5. Boy 4. Ink 3. Uncle Vanya 2. Summer and Smoke 1. Oresteia. Yours? thecrushbar.substack.com/p/rupert-goo...

Ok, lots of bookish friends seem to be here now. So which books are you most excited about for early 2025? Something you've written, or worked on, or are just anticipating as a reader? I'm currently reading #SoThrilledForYou by @hollybourne.bsky.social and loving it. Over to you.

YOU SHOULD COME! (You should especially come to Bath on the 14th because I’m chairing that one)

Now Florence Pugh has been diagnosed with endometriosis, the Times asked me to write about the two decades it took me to get care, and why it's so vital endometriosis EXPERTS treat women whenever possible, not just general gynaes. www.thetimes.com/life-style/c....

So much love coming through for this one… #SoThrilledForYou by @hollybourne.bsky.social - out Jan 2025! @hodderfiction.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social

Hodder & Stoughton has signed a new novel from “master storyteller” @stephenking.bsky.social entitled Never Flinch 👇 www.thebookseller.com/rights/hodde... #BookSky

Entering BlueSky the only way I know how - by introducing Sienna…she loves playing in packaging, reading submissions and watching Gossip Girl with me