Harriet Pemberton
editor
Incisive; finds the book inside the draft
The Manuscript
Tilly revises, queries agents, considers small presses and self-publishing. The series treats craft and the business of publishing with equal seriousness, and lets her choose a route that suits her book.
Planned · not started yet
Arts, crafts & creative work Ambition Living with uncertainty Competing advice Family home Bracing Lightly witty
The premise
Tilly revises, queries agents, considers small presses and self-publishing. The series treats craft and the business of publishing with equal seriousness, and lets her choose a route that suits her book.
The protagonist
Tilly Okonedo-Marsh — First-time novelist with fifty rejections
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Joel Asante-Brooke
literary agent
Commercial; knows what sells
Morgan Fairweather
independent author
Entrepreneurial; publishing is a business
How the story moves
Two years from rejection to publication by one route; her second draft is the real turning point.
What readers take away
- Structure and revision
- Using feedback and beta readers
- Query letters and synopses
- How agents and publishers work
- Contracts and royalties
- Self-publishing economics
- Marketing a book
- Writing the next book
- Write a one-page synopsis
- Understand rights (audio, translation, film)
- Plan a book launch budget
- Use reader feedback without losing your voice
The books
- 1Rejection Planned
- 2Revision Planned
- 3Submission Planned
- 4Publication Planned
- 5Launch Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.