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Launch time
It's here. Every Thing We Keep - a story about 13 year old Agatha, is now in book stores - it's on the shelf - often right next to...
diwalkerbooks
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
Social media
I didn't have any social media accounts before 2018. I knew what they were, had friends on them but I hadn't ventured there at all. Just...
diwalkerbooks
- Mar 5, 2021
- 3 min
Reactions - from tears to meh...
Recently, two of my colleagues at work, Merryn and Kirsten, read Unpacking Harper Holt. They each got their own copy, read it at the same...
diwalkerbooks
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Step away from the manuscript!
In the last month, getting Everything We Keep ready for printing, I had the opportunity to read through the last proof, not once but...
diwalkerbooks
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
It isn't your book anymore, is it?
After you sign the contract, hand over the rights, don't they just do what they want with it? Don't you give up the control of your...
diwalkerbooks
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
It's not personal...
There was a time, before emails, zooms, portals and online banking, when a writer would type out a manuscript, package it up and send it,...
diwalkerbooks
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Writer's Block - it's real
I can't write. I mean, I'm writing this blog, and having fun doing it, but I'm not writing anything else. Nothing. Zip. Crickets. It's...
diwalkerbooks
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
Editing Part 3: Research
You may not think that a middle grade contemporary novel, or a junior series, needs a lot of research (I certainly didn't) but there is...
diwalkerbooks
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
Editing Part 2: Crying is good
I have four completed manuscripts, one published, one in its way and two waiting their turn (fingers crossed). Whilst they are different...
diwalkerbooks
- Oct 2, 2020
- 4 min
Editing Part 1: Feedback
You're not quite finished. I think I'll need a cup of tea. I remember Nancy Conescu (editor of Unpacking Harper Holt) telling me the...
diwalkerbooks
- Sep 11, 2020
- 5 min
But I did a spell check...
Editing. I had absolutely no idea. When I finished my first complete manuscript, two thoughts came to mind: 'I did it!' which was...
diwalkerbooks
- Aug 28, 2020
- 4 min
Ideas... from where?
In the last post, I mentioned that there are three frequently asked questions, and I answered number three. I like to have a sense of...
diwalkerbooks
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Make a plan... or not?
There are three most frequently asked questions: Where do you get your ideas from? How long does it take to write a book? How much...
diwalkerbooks
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
Just write...
I write early in the morning. It's Harper's fault. She started it. When I began writing my first novel, Unpacking Harper Holt, finding...