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This is all I Know

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

I am delighted, relieved and excited to announce Route liked the second edit of This is all I Know. I was pretty ruthless with it, taking it from a story set over four seasons to one split into three parts. There will be more carnage to follow. It was very interesting to hear Ian Daley’s [...]

A lesson for all first time novelists.

Monday, January 16th, 2006

I had a manuscript entitled ‘This is all I Know’ accepted for publication with Pomona in 2002. Over the next three years it kept getting pushed back further down the line. The reason for this was often fair but frustrating e.g. ‘We need to build up our reputation more before we publish a first time [...]