Gillian Harvey
When I signed my first publishing contract, I’ll admit I was naïve. I had a fixed idea of what it meant to be a published author and it went something like this:
• Get agent
• Get publishing deal
• Book is sold in supermarkets and all bookshops
• Success or failure
• Another deal or failure
• Upward trajectory… or failure What I’ve realised since is not only was this a bit simplistic, it