Category Archives: Covering letters

Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

No.10: Be helpful The thing that I feel compelled to start off by moaning about today isn’t directly linked to covering letters but it is very close to them, too often it is pressed right up against them. I’m talking … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

No.9: Never judge a book by its Amazon review Whenever I want to know anything about anything I look it up on Wikipedia. I love Wikipedia. I could spend hours on there clicking from page to page. Incidentally, if you … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

No.8: My name is Bob, but you can call me B S Goodwriter Did anyone else notice that lots of people’s names changed, at least for a little while, once they left school? After our last long summer together a … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

No.7: Pobody’s Nerfect I’m just going to come out and say it. I am not a fan of grammar bullies. In my opinion, picking on someone for a brief grammatical slip or a badly placed apostrophe is not big and … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

No. 6: There are plenty more clichés in the sea Clichés exist for a reason. Because they generally work. They usually make a good point and/or have been borrowed from Shakespeare. And they don’t really do anyone that much harm. … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

No.5: takemeseriously@sillybilly.co.uk Today I would like to share a story about something that happened to one of my closest friends. We’ll call her Ellen, because that is her name. When Ellen was a fresh-faced 14-year-old she decided it was about … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

No. 4: To Whom It May Concern Everyone who has ever been on the internet has Googled their own name. Bands and stand-up comedians alike know that they will get a big response if they simply shout out the name … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

No.3: The Elevator Pitch Do you ever watch Dragons’ Den? I hope you do because it is going to feature quite heavily as my main analogy this week. Imagine that your book is a product which you are going to … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

No.2: Let’s talk about you In my experience the part of the covering letter that varies the most is the section that falls under our umbrella request to ‘include a bit about you’. I have received covering letters that range … Continue reading →

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Exclusive – Dictionary Corner – Publishing Terms Translated

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Have you ever spoken to someone in publishing or browsed the submission portion of an agency’s website and wondered what on earth we’re all talking about? Well, wonder no more. Here in Dictionary Corner we will strive to shed some … Continue reading →

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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

No. 1: We are on your side. Some years ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me in the finance industry, I thought I would move … Continue reading →

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