It seems that my blog moans were heard. Yesterday I received an email from one of my publishing contacts here in Spain offering me a trial - wahey! Basically I will have to read a manuscript and write a report on it - plot outline, my opinion, etc. I will most probably be given a young adult novel to read which is great as I still feel like a teenager at heart and I have a huge soft-spot for teen novels. This is me having a cold shandy to celebrate...I have always thought that Children and teens are a much harder audience to please than adults; if a child doesn't enjoy one page of the book, they often won't turn the page whereas an adult is far more likely to give the author another chance.
It always bothered me when I worked at Hodder Childrens' Books when people asked me when I would progress into adult publishing, as if one were better than the other!This is the full length photo of what I was wearing. I never usually wear leggings but I so wanted to wear this dress yesterday on my bike and the last time I did this without leggings was very embarassing - never wear button through dresses on bikes! My husband took this photo.
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