Folks, The latest news for you about Six Six Six, the second crime thriller by Harry Fisher. While I haven’t yet given up on attracting an agent for Six Six Six, that option is heading towards unlikely. And, even if it does happen, the process of getting the book to launch would probably take about a year. So, I’m …
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Folks, I hope you’re all well. A quick update for you on Six Six Six. I haven’t managed to snare a literary agent yet but there’s a few more submissions I can still make. Some that I submitted in November / December have still to pass their “If you haven’t heard from us by now, …
Hi folks – just a wee update. Today I sent out a submission for Six Six Six to a literary agent. That’s the 20th agency I’ve contacted since the start of September. So far I’ve had seven rejections and there are a couple more that are approaching the “If you haven’t heard from us by …
Hi – Excited to say I’m delivering an online “talk” to the Lively Minds group from Queen’s Cross Church on Wednesday 14th October starting at 11:00. I’ll be speaking about creative writing in relation to crime thrillers, and my books Way Beyond A Lie (published) and Six Six Six (out on submission to literary agencies). …
Six Six Six is out on submission to literary agencies, so first question: Why do you need an agent? Some people say you don’t – but it’s extremely difficult to attract a publisher without one because very few of the major publishers will accept unsolicited manuscripts direct from an (unknown) author. The agent’s job is …
This is a second (and final) opportunity to have a character from Harry’s new crime thriller, Six Six Six, named after you – or someone you nominate. This time the character on offer is male. Please note: the closing date for entries is 12:00 on Sunday 13th September. The central character in Six Six Six …
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A Six Six Six update for you. I’ve just completed the very last major edit (#6) of book two so I’m bang on target to have the manuscript finished by my target date of late August. The final step before I start preparing submissions to literary agents is for me to read the whole book aloud …
So far, bang on schedule – I’ve just finished revisions four and five. R4 involved Shiona reading the entire book aloud from her Kindle with me following along on the laptop. It’s very slow work (about ten pages a day) but it’s amazing how many clunky pieces of text, plotlines that don’t work too well …
