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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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Christmas, setbacks and perseverance.

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Wednesday, December 23, 2015, In : Writing update 
Well, it's almost Christmas.  A welcome break from the rat race of work and for me, a time for reflection. Christmas has often been the part of the year where I decide what I'm going to do for the next few months and wrestle with big decisions without the distractions of the working year.

The more persistent of you who have been checking the blog will notice that it's been a good long while since I updated it. There's good reason for that. At first because I felt there was nothing to tell, the...
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Submission (what it means, what it feels like and how I deal with it)

Posted by Russell Sanderson on Saturday, September 5, 2015, In : Writing update 


The Online Oxford English Dictionary has a few definitions of the word “Submission.”

 

One of those definitions is:

 

“The action of presenting a proposal, application, or other document for consideration or judgement:”

 

When your book is sent to a publisher, it’s called a “submission” in line with the definition above - i.e. you’re presenting your manuscript for consideration.

 

There are, however, other definitions. For example;

 

“The action of accepting or ...


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