Paperback Writer "Dear Sir or Madam will you read my book, it took me years to write will you take a look..."




Following a young unpublished Reading writer's battle to get her debut novel noticed, while trying to juggle life and her second novel.

Howdy and welcome to my blog, paperback writer, which will be following all my frustrations and disappointments- and perhaps even eventual sucess- as I attempt to get my maiden novel published.

After nearly two years of writing, revising and agonising I finally finished my first novel two months ago. After a month of well deserved drinking (which was meant to last a weekend but slipped) and then a month-and a holiday- to get my next work clear in my mind, I was finally ready to start sending off to agents.

So far it is agents 2-0 PW. However I am determined to not get too disheartened- after all, recently publishers were caught out with this little scam:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jul/19/books.booksnews

and the speed of my rejection letters certainly seem to suggest they are not read for more than a second, if at all.

This blog will follow my fortunes, as well as general bitching about life in general I expect….