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Category Archives: Submissions
11 Ways Not To Start Your Novel
No. 2 – With Your Protagonist Looking Into a Mirror The other day as I stared at my reflection in the bathroom mirror of my north London flat I recalled that my hair is fine and dyed a darker brunette then … Continue reading
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How Not To Start Your Novel
Oh hi! How have you been? Crikey, what sort of weather have we been having? And the traffic on the way here? Absolute nightmare. Especially with these petrol prices, don’t even get me started. Still, that’s a lovely cardigan you’re … Continue reading
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Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter
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
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
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
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
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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Literary Agency – Dictionary Corner – Publishing Terms Translated
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
Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter
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
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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Dictionary Corner – Publishing Terms Translated
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
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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SAE – Dictionary Corner – Publishing Terms Translated
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
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
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
Our Top Ten Tips for Writing a Tip Top Covering Letter
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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Getting to know Andrea Messent – Agency Assistant
First of all, what is your role at the agency? I am the Agency Assistant. I‘d like to think I help the office to run smoothly by helping out Darley Anderson and the rest of the team! Which book changed … Continue reading
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Getting to know Mary Darby – Rights Assistant
First of all, what is your role at the agency? My official title is Rights Assistant which means I liaise with editors from all over the world about our wonderful titles. I’m responsible for a handful of my own territories, from Iceland … Continue reading
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Getting to know Camilla Wray – Crime, Thriller & General Fiction Agent
First of all, what is your role at the agency? I’m the crime, thriller, mystery and general fiction agent at the agency. Which book changed your life? This is such a tough one…can I change it to what three books changed … Continue reading
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Getting to know Clare Wallace – Rights Manager and Associate Agent
First of all, what is your role at the agency? As the Rights Manager, I negotiate deals for translation rights all around the world for all the Agency’s authors. I’m also scouting for new talent and am looking for commercial … Continue reading
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Getting to know Keshini Naidoo – Crime & Thriller Reader
First of all, what is your role at the agency? I read all the crime and thriller submissions that we receive at the agency and assess whether they are suitable for us to take on for representation. Which book changed … Continue reading
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Getting to know Vicki Le Feuvre – Agency Editor
First of all, what is your role at the agency? I am the Agency Editor. If during the course of a party (or other non-publishing-related social event) I happen to be asked what it is that I actually do for … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Darley Anderson Blog
Hello everyone, We would like to officially welcome you to the Darley Anderson Blog! Are you excited? We are. We’ve never had a blog before. To begin with we thought it was only right that we properly introduce ourselves. Over … Continue reading
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