Patrick ness – Kathryn Evans

xxxxx — Tinder, Sally Gardner & David Roberts Greenaway and Carnegie Shortlist

I realise this makes me look overly ambitious but, come on, this is the one we all dream about, isn’t it? Continue reading “This is the one, isn’t it? CILIP Carnegie & Greenaway Medal 2015” →

The Publishing Process, Word Counts, Writing Advice

More Word Counts by Kathryn Evans

March 13, 2015October 9, 2016 Kathryn Evans

The post with the most hits on my website BY FAR is ‘Word Counts’. Clearly, we writers are a bit obsessed with counting them there words. . Funny that, how numbers occupy so much of our brains. I think three deep concerns are the drivers for this:

Trying to ensure we’re a good fit for our genre
Not wanting to leave ANY excuse for rejection
Desperately wanting to know ‘Are we nearly there yet?’

Given that’s it’s such an interesting topic, I thought I’d dust off that old post and update it a bit…. Continue reading “More Word Counts by Kathryn Evans” →

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