Tag: business

Walking the walk

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If, as you read this, when you see the word travel you think the word write, you’ll see a road map you might follow. Clearly, it’s not for everybody.

How to Quit Your Job and Travel The World? | The Shooting Star
http://the-shooting-star.com/2014/11/29/how-to-quit-your-job-and-travel-the-world/

Oh yes, there is

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Strictly speaking, this is old news. But I was reminded of it by P.D. James’ death this week. And it offers a solution to the publishing problem Val McDermid described (in yesterday’s post), so I went looking for it.

BookTrib » Whodunit? These Brash publishers solve the mystery of the great crime thriller

http://booktrib.com/2014/09/whodunit-these-brash-publishers-solve-the-mystery-of-the-great-crime-thriller/#

Is there no hope?

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Val McDermid, who wrote a tribute to her late “hero” P.D. James this week, also lamented the state of publishing in an interview earlier this year. There is a note of optimism at the end, but it requires more work of writers than polishing the last draft

Val McDermid: I would be a failed novelist if I started out today – Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10934043/Val-McDermid-I-would-be-a-failed-novelist-if-I-started-out-today.html