Recent content by David Newrick

Thank you for your professional response @AgentPete . Your final point got me the most! My dear, cherished, readers are what really counts and I would never do anything to hurt them or mislead them, so you are absolutely right. Most of what I say about the publishing world btw is tongue in...

Yes. thanks Rachael, a very balanced reply. As someone from a partial academic background myself I see exactly what you mean.

Following on from the above comments I would just add that I have just bought a pack of books and they all say 'number one bestseller' on their covers. They all have endorsements on them too. Can they all be number one bestsellers? Can they all genuinely deserve such fulsome praise by big...

Like most in this esteemed hall of literary endeavour I have touted my words round the entirety of the UK literary agencies. Most saw me as being beneath their contempt and didn't even bother to respond to my query and submission no matter how much I tarted up and teased the query and MS to suit...

Yes, I have my own author website. I have been involved wuth websites for many years and always lean towards the traditional .com, .co.uk, .org, .org.uk etc etc. There are now hundreds of domain name extensions, such as .shoes, .tv and the .xyz you are using, which has become a nightmare for...

Bette Davis saying, 'Why reach for the moon when we have the stars' at the end of Now Voyager. A classic,!

I am currently reading The Way We Live Now, an 800+ page novel by Anthony Trollope a true giant of literature. Half way through this novel is a clear departure for the elderly Trollope with some seriously cynical and horrible characters. It also delves into the abuse of aristocratic titles and...

If men don't read who are Robert Harris, Dan Brown and James Patterson amongst many others currently writing for?

My recently new Denon multi channel network amplifier can call up on-screen endless internet music channels and paid services like Tidal and Spotify. The choice is so enormous I am lost with it all. As a result I react as any human does, hunch up to shrink my profile against the onslaught and...

Happy New Year to you too Pete. Let's hope it's a good one.

I am reader first and a writer second, so I am always reading something. This is a quick update as I have not posted in this thread before. I have just finished Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy published in a fine edition by the Folio Society. Fascinating short stories with ironic twists...

Many thanks Nicky. It really is good of you to respond. I can write websites or, in fact, nowadays use Wordpress and just worry about the back end stuff. I have also used Mailchimp for many years (their FREE plan is 500 contact emails and upto 1,000 per month messages/newsletters etc.), which...

Thanks - that really is useful. One point sticks in my mind though: in all the decades of book buying I have never bought a novel because of its cover, however I have NOT bought a book because of its cover. Interesting eh. It makes me wonder if I should break the mould and not have a pictorial...

Dear All, Having lurked around Litopia for many years my MS is going through a final edit (this time I mean it) and will be ready for publishing soon. Having gone the rounds of submitting and being rejected by agents I have decided to 'publish or be damned' and take all the risk myself. I...

In a past £1M Big Lottery Funded project we found that pens, note pads/books and memory sticks (with a good capacity) were always very popular. In many ways it is probably down to their usefulness more than anything.