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Synopsis - YES. What you said with many bells on. Thank you for normalising my dread of these things! A handful of bare words - the quickest way to undermine any faith you had in your intricately woven plot.

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Apr 14Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

I'm going to repeat here what I posted on Mary's substack: I love this series so much! :)

Really appreciate all the info you and Mary have shared; it's such an interesting discussion, and also an ever changing one, it seems! It was interesting to hear more about your publishing choices now, Eleanor, with relation to hybrid publishers. It's something I've also been looking into, for a crime novel I'm translating into English. I wish you all the best with it! I'm looking forward to reading it once it gets published.

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Hi Eleanor, thank you to you and Mary for such full, honest, helpful posts. I’m so touched that you have put so much into this, and it is incredibly helpful, not to mention inspiring, to read the words I needed to see. As touched on in my thank you to Mary - I’ve put so much work into the novella since it’s been on here and I do feel it’s as ready as it ever will be. I work in graphic design so the cover / setup aspect of self publishing doesn’t scare me, it’s the paths unknown that are holding me back. Thank you for lighting the way ✌️

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The final step for writers are beta readers. If feedback is enthusiastic, why do agents ignore their query? Something ain't quite right.

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“I’ve just sent the second draft of my first novella to four agents." Well there's the first issue. Novella. What's an agent gonna do with that? : )

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Apr 12Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

♥️

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Heartbreaking. So glad you stuck with it!

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Apr 12Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

I’m not at this stage yet, but I find these posts so useful- it starts opening up space in my head for future stages. Thank you, it’s greatly appreciated!

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