Two very special offers...

And a talk about editing

Hi

Just a couple of quick things today…

FIRST, tonight (Wednesday 24th January) at 8pm (UK time) I’ll be doing a free online event for Reedsy Live: Unleash Your Inner Editor (and Kill Your Darlings)

Here are the details:

Ernest Hemingway is said to have claimed ‘the first draft of anything is sh*t’.

We certainly need to accept that once the initial draft has been created, it usually needs a great deal of work before it’s in a fit state to be shown to others. This requires a different skillset from those we relied on during the white heat of pure creation.

On this live stream, I’ll show you how to :

• Shift your mindset from writing to editing mode

• Take a more analytical approach to your manuscript, and

• Prepare yourself for the most difficult of things — to kill your darlings.

There will be a Q&A, so make sure you register for instructions on how to tune in.

Details (and tickets) here.

If you can’t make it, don’t worry. Reedy will upload a recording of the talk, and a transcription, within a few days.

To celebrate this event, I’m offering all those who upgrade to the paid version of Compendia a very special offer - 35% off the cost of a subscription, forever. This means for as little as 75p per week you’ll get ALL my posts, including writing tips, insider gossip about the world of books and publishing, exclusive short stories, snippets of memoir and much MUCH more. Just click below (it’s easy to cancel at any time BUT ACT FAST - the offer is for a limited time only).

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SECOND, you may want to know that in the UK, Amazon is currently offering my first book, Before I Go to Sleep, for Kindle download at the knock-down price of 99p.

Now would be a great time to snap it up, if you haven’t already!

I’ve no idea how long this offer will last for (these things are totally out of my control) but they’re usually pretty short-lived, so again, ACT NOW!

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Thanks!