At fourteen, I wore black turtlenecks and learned to smoke Gauloises. The year before, I was a Boy Scout and a professional squirrel killer. To protect red squirrels, Hertfordshire County Council had declared war on their grey cousins. If you killed a grey squirrel and took its severed tail to an office in Cheshunt, you […]
Monthly Archives: March 2021
THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
We live in a terraced house with a small front garden and a solitary tree where blackbirds used to build their nest. Robins nested in a bush. They are inquisitive little birds that watched me when I put the rubbish in the dustbins. The street is a narrow crescent off the main road with little […]
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK PROPOSAL TO SELL YOUR BOOK
Publishers do not read books. They read proposals. A good book proposal has to be dynamic, fast, a rich tasting hors d’oeuvre that persuades editors to hit the reply on their laptop and ask for the full three course meal of your manuscript. A proposal has 6 essential elements: Outline About the Author Related Books […]