When it comes to the business of writing, failure, rejection and criticism are an inherent part of the deal.

A good non-fiction submission starts with a great email subject line.

For fiction, both adult’s and children’s, the most important thing to communicate is a strong and original concept.

‘Generally this is the path your book will take to go from final final final v2.docx on your computer to shiny finished copy on a bookshop’s shelf’