AAT and Pitchs

Fact is I’m a busy man, raising two children, training to be an accountant and getting a pitch ready for publishers is demanding on the free time.

I have finally found a few minutes to actually tell you all what’s going on, and there is a lot! First of started my AAT training, okay it’s foundation and yeah it isn’t what I plan to do all my life but I have to be realistic right, I don’t know how the writing thing will pan out so got to cover all my bases, the course has been enlightening and has highlighted my own lack of organization and concentration abilities not to even mention my basic knowledge and grasp of accounts jargon and workings, however I feel I am getting the grasp of it so fingers crossed I should be fine.

Writing, well the fact I have taken on such an important venture as improving myself academically its forced me to scrap my old writing routine and create a new one, if I’m honest this was a long time coming, the old routine was doing it if and when I had the chance which is not the way to go about it at all.
Fact is if you want to be a writer you have to work at it and it is hard work but if you enjoy it and like the finished product then it is more then worth it; currently Reaper Heights is in its final stages in terms of the pitch which doesn’t mean it’s almost done not by a long shot, however I am exited as two separate publishers have show interest in the idea and have requested pitch’s; Lucky for me most writers in the industry are very approachable and have given me some great advice like:

Picking the right publisher is very important, you have to check there back catalogue see if your book is going to be the sort of thing they will be interested in because if it isn’t you are wasting your time approaching them.

If you are not happy with the pitch don’t send it till you are! Last thing you want is getting a reply from a publisher saying no thanks when you didn’t give it you’re all.

Make sure you read the publishers submission requests some are different from others and the information here is very important, if there isn’t one ask them what they would like.

That’s just a few, hopefully fingers crossed the pitch will be ready for later this year start of next, I will keep you posted when I get a chance.