Temperature is 40C (104F) at my desk now. I’ve printed a manuscript out, am retiring to the (cooler) bedroom to read it.
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Priority Pop-Up Submissions are open again.
Currently working flat-out on the external Litopia site, pls bear with me if I’m not as available as I’d wish for a day or so...
FYI, publisher Bella Pearson will be on Sunday's show - join us!
A fabulous Pop-Ups this Sunday with very special guest Roz Morris and our own Kaylie Finn! Join us in the chat room at 5pm UK
May be some Colony unavailability as we do software updates etc.
Coming up on this Sunday's Pop-Up Submissions... "Ongtep's Heart" - fantasy by Christopher James; "Don't Say That You Love Me" - romance by Kelli Bonadio; "Broken Twigs (Farewell to Faerie Forest)" - MG fantasy fiction by Charlotte Taylor; "The War of the Gods" - historical fiction by Suzana Pavšek and "The Unchosen" - fantasy by Matthew "Doc" Varga. Join us LIVE at 5pm UK!
Join me this Sunday at 5pm UK time for a very special Pop-Up Submissions LIVE with Children's Book Editor Kesia Lupo from Chicken House!
Featured on today's Pop-Ups... "Matilda & Sebastian" - YA from G.S. Banks; "Bookeemessiah" - SF from Michael Sawan; "Skjultvik" - mystery / horror from Stephen Durham; "Soil and Stars" - YA space opera from James Beedle; "Temples of Glass " - high fantasy from Matthew Atkinson.
Join me here at 5pm UK
Just had a text to say there's a bottle of bubbly arriving this afternoon! No idea who sent it, the kind donor will be revealed later, I hope - but I know what I'll be drinking at LitFest today! See you later!
One of the most challenging weeks I've ever had in publishing. Very much looking forward to tomorrow’s Huddle
Launching a major book at the moment is... challenging...
Coming up on today's Pop-Up Submissions... "My October" - middle grade adventure fantasy by Jennifer Claessen; "Hashtags: A Novel" - literary / commercial fiction by Polly Becker; "The Gray Nothing Scar" - thriller by Rebekah Alexander; "Let Yourself In" - revenge thriller by Darren Burgess and "Family of the Stars" - epic fantasy by D. A. Smith. Join us LIVE at 5pm UK!
If you're self-isolating and need a culture fix, try some Met Opera for free this week...
Remember – today’s Pop-Ups starts at 5pm UK BUT since the US is now on EDT, that’s 1pm New York / 10am Los Angeles… see you later!AgentPete, is there a limit to the number of comments that can be made on your bus cough post? I've tried several times to add a comment and nothing happens.
London Book Fair has just been cancelled! Seems like a panic move to me.
Somebody coughed on my bus just now. Everyone looked at them.
Coming up on this Sunday's Pop-Up Submissions... "Popcorn Fox in the Sands to the City" - YA climatic fiction by Oliver Prescott; "Outbox" - comedy by Tom Duggins; "Enemy on the Other Side" - speculative fiction by Caroline A Scott; "The Last House in London" - post-apocalyptic distopia by Theodor Bernard Kung and "Contractor" - memoir/espionage/adventure by Billy Mays. Join me LIVE in the chatroom at 5pm UK!
Hugely enjoyed Agrippina live from the Met last night! Join me later today for Pop-Ups, no singing but I can promise quite a show
London Book Fair insanity has muchly occupied me these last few days. Soon back to normal.
There will be at least one Huddle and one Pop-Ups/Catch-Ups in March, maybe more. Do watch out for dates when posted, and please try to join me
Hollywood screenwriter Caroline Ryder is our special guest on today's Pop-Up Submissions, join us live at 5pm UK
Thank you to the fabulous Litopians who kept me company just now in the chat room as we sorted through 50 submissions… the hit rate this time was 18%. Let’s do it again soon!
Join me and your fellow Litopians at 5pm TODAY for Pop-Ups Catch-Ups! -
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