Author: RebeccaTinnelly

Today I am in mourning. I have killed off my darling of darlings, the one part of my novel I thought I would never change: the first sentence.   I have learnt many things about the publishing industry over recent months. The most surprising, and frankly upsetting, lesson learned was that an agent will read… Continue reading R.I.P my darlings

  I try to keep these things below 300 words, but I really only need to use one to describe my weekend: Awesome.   I have just had the time of my life at the Winchester Writers Festival and enjoyed every minute of it.   I hit the road at 5.30am on Saturday and arrived in… Continue reading Putting the Win into Winchester

This week, I received my very first rejection from an agent. The email was brief and politely worded, but a rejection all the same. I had expected to feel somewhat disheartened and upset, but oddly enough I didn’t. I can’t lie to you; it stung; I would have much rather read a glowing email begging… Continue reading The dreaded inevitable

Yesterday I submitted my novel to a selection of agencies in the hope that one of them may represent me. Very exciting, very nerve wracking. Today, I was intending on writing a blog post on how I came to write the book in the first place. But that was before my email was hacked. Earlier… Continue reading Curse you hackers!