by nikkicopleston | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog
Manuscript of The Price of Silence submitted to Silver Crow Books. Check. Suggested changes made. Check. Manuscript submitted to SilverWood Books. Check. Manuscript proofread and returned. Check. Cover image ideas discussed. Check. Now all I can do is wait for the...
by nikkicopleston | May 19, 2017 | Blog
How do you get those words out of your head and onto the page or screen? Do you write a swift first draft and then go back over it, tidying it up and editing it as you go? Or do you worry away at your first chapter until it’s absolutely perfect, before carrying...
by nikkicopleston | Feb 25, 2017 | Blog
A year ago, I submitted the manuscript of my crime novel ‘The Shame of Innocence’ to Silver Crow Books, a new service begun by Frome Writers’ Collective. During the next few weeks, trained readers assessed my manuscript and compiled a report for...
by nikkicopleston | Dec 18, 2016 | Blog
The Shame of Innocence is selling well and DI Jeff Lincoln is gathering quite a fan club. But this wasn’t his first adventure. He was bumbling around in Barbury long before he crossed swords with Donal Finnegan. Before he moved into the Old Vicarage, he was...
by nikkicopleston | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
Boxes of books arrived the other day – four boxes of The Shame of Innocence. I stacked them on the sea chest in the dining room and gave the cat strict instructions not to go anywhere near them. Publication day is just over a week away, and the launch event at...