20 Oct 2014 20 Comments
“Give up. You’ll never make it.”
That was the advice offered to me a decade ago, on the first day of my creative writing MA. Actually, it was the advice offered to the entire class.
And while a couple of my classmates did, eventually, have books published, they didn’t make any money out of them, let alone become household names.
These days, I sometimes check my inbox to find an email from a well meaning student or first year copywriter asking me to tell them how to crack the business.
Well, I don’t want to put you off, but ‘give …
20 Oct 2014 20 Comments
“Give up. You’ll never make it.”
That was the advice offered to me a decade ago, on the first day of my creative writing MA. Actually, it was the advice offered to the entire class.
Well, I don’t want to put you off, but ‘give …
20 Oct 2014 20 Comments
“Give up. You’ll never make it.” That was the advice offered to me a decade ago, on the first day of my creative writing MA. Actually, it was the advice offered to the entire class. And while a couple of my classmates did, eventually, have books published, they didn’t make any money out of them, let alone become household names. These days, I sometimes check my inbox to find an email from a well meaning student or first year copywriter asking me to tell them how to crack the business. Well, I don’t want to put you off, but ‘give …