I’m thrilled, amazed, baffled, and terrified to reveal that my debut novel THE EDGE is included in this month’s Amazon First Reads selection for the UK and Australia! 1st November has been my release date for a long, long time. As I’ve discussed on this blog many times before, publishing is a long, slow slogContinue reading “THE EDGE is an Amazon First Read!”
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THE EDGE, Publishing November!
In my last post, I was heading off on submission for the first ever time with my psychological thriller I’M HERE FOR YOU, and I didn’t know what the outcome would be. Would any editors want to see the full novel? Would I get an offer? Would I be going back out on submission withContinue reading “THE EDGE, Publishing November!”
On Submission
I’m pretty sure I ended my last post with the promise of posting another very soon — and then in true Lucy style, didn’t post again for two years. I never mean to do this. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a socially anxious girl and blog posts often feel like the online equivalent of runningContinue reading “On Submission”
That One Yes
Querying literary agents is often a slog, lasting multiple years and multiple manuscripts, generating dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of rejections — but in the end, you only need one agent to love your book. That’s it. One query, one agent, and one yes. Well, two months ago, I got that yes. I am incredibly happy toContinue reading “That One Yes”
Just Press Send
On Friday morning I sat in bed with various empty chocolate wrappers around me and two dozen drafted emails on my laptop screen. After years of work on THE GIRL YOU LEFT BEHIND, I was finally ready to go: book completed, literary agents researched, queries typed, email addresses copied, and files attached. There was nothingContinue reading “Just Press Send”
Pitch Wars: The Walking Wounded
I fought in Pitch Wars 2015. And I lost. I mean, I got in. My name was on that list. I saw it at silly o’clock in the morning UK time, after feverishly refreshing my phone’s Twitter app in the darkness of my bedroom, and I thought, ‘This is when it all begins.’ I’dContinue reading “Pitch Wars: The Walking Wounded”
Social Media Anxiety
I rarely make it all the way through writing a blog post. I’m in the zone, spilling my secrets, loving it, enjoying it, reveling in it — and then suddenly, I hit the wall. Or rather, I hit the question: Why would anyone be interested in this? As soon as that question pops up inContinue reading “Social Media Anxiety”
Back to Square One
A few months into querying BEYOND THE CALL OF BEAUTY — my beautician-turned-sleuth mystery MS — I could tell it wasn’t going to work out. I didn’t fully believe or accept it at the time, but deep-down I knew that I wouldn’t win over a literary agent with it, I wouldn’t tempt a publishing house, andContinue reading “Back to Square One”
10 Tips From a Flash Fiction Judge
I’m a judge for the wonderful Mash Stories, a keyword-based flash fiction competition that focuses on showcasing new talent, and I love it. The ideas, the language, the brilliant pieces — I’m honoured to read our submissions, let alone help decide the winner. But it’s not all good news and happy faces. I’m a judge, and thatContinue reading “10 Tips From a Flash Fiction Judge”
2015 — The Year I Failed
2015 will for ever be the year I tried — and failed — to get a literary agent. 2015 was a year of failure. It’s hard to write that. Not because I’m sad and it hurts, but because I generally like to be optimistic. Upbeat. I went into 2015 with a polished manuscript and a shinyContinue reading “2015 — The Year I Failed”
Lucy Goacher 