Twenty-two years ago, I was trying to get my debut novel published. It was turned down more times than I care to remember. In the end, I paid a freelance editor to give some advice. After some rewriting and deleting, she suggested it was ready to submit. She advised me to try Ian Watt, publishing editor at HarperCollins. Evidently, HarperCollins was the only publisher of historical fiction at
Loss to literature
Sep 18, 2023
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