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I'm 46, Married with two sons. This blog will document my attempt to get my children's novel published.
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Lessons I learned from Alfie Bloom

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Saturday, June 6, 2015, In : General Writing Advice 

Last night, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the book launch for the debut novel of another writer signed to the same literary agent as I am (Ben Illis).  

Her name is Gabrielle Kent (http://gabriellekent.com) and her debut novel, Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle, was released this week by Scholastic and by now will be in Asda stores (and all good book stores) across the country.

Is this just a plug for her book? Well, not really, no. While I think it is an excellent b...
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Advice on agent hunting

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Thursday, October 31, 2013, In : General Writing Advice 
Although I've not yet signed with an agent myself, I have had a fair amount of success in getting agents to read my manuscript, so I must be doing something right.  As a result a number of other unpublished writers have asked me for advice on how to go about it.  Given that I've repeated this advice a number of times, I think it might be worth putting it on the blog.  If you're writing something and hope to one day publish, hopefully you'll find it useful.

The first thing I'd say is that getti...
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