February 29, 2012
by Peter
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TweetWhy a misplaced hyphen can dash your hopes of ever being published. My first real literary ‘rejection’ came at the hands of an agent who we’ll call Kate Slash. On the day that Ms Slash received my manuscript she’d clearly … Continue reading
February 11, 2012
by Peter
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TweetSo how ya been? Sorry I haven’t been around but life’s been… interesting. For starters, if you follow me on twitter or you’ve ‘liked’ the facebook page you’ll know that I’m in the process of striking a three book deal. … Continue reading
December 27, 2011
by Peter
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Tweet So, in three days it’ll be 2012. And for the fifth year running I’ll be setting myself personal goals. A lot of my friends dislike the idea of setting personal goals, like it somehow takes the ‘private’ part of … Continue reading
November 27, 2011
by Peter
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TweetHaving sent the second draft of my novel back to the agent, here’s why I’m not prepared to wait one moment longer So, a while back you’ll remember I was sharing with you the challenge of having to bring a 115,000 … Continue reading
November 9, 2011
by Peter
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TweetRecently I’ve had a spate of emails asking me how on earth I’ve managed to shift so many copies of my book, How To Do Everything and Be Happy (1,296 copies last month (October 2011), on amazon, in the UK, … Continue reading
October 17, 2011
by Peter
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Tweet“Did you know your book is now less than two quid?” asked my friend Suz. That was a couple of weeks back, and it turned out she was right. Amazon.co.uk have indeed dropped the UK ebook price of my book How To … Continue reading
October 4, 2011
by Peter
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TweetBack in July you may remember that I told you how, after six years, my novel is almost finished. Oh my god how wrong you can be. Let me bring you up to speed on a few things: At the … Continue reading
July 7, 2011
by Peter
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TweetSix and a half years after starting his novel, Peter Jones explains why only now is the end finally in sight. I have almost finished my novel. Let me put that into perspective: the book that I started writing on … Continue reading
April 2, 2010
by Peter
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Tweet Once upon a time I got sold a dream: I would grow up – big and strong – marry a blonde (my mother was convinced of this), and live happily ever after in a big house, with children of … Continue reading
August 28, 2006
by Peter
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Tweet“You really ought to update your homepage,” said my wife. “Why? What’s wrong with it?” “It’s over a year old!” “Really?” I said. She hates it when I say that. “Yes!” She said looking around the room for a blunt … Continue reading