tipsMany moons ago I wrote a number of word processing handbooks and my commissioning editor at Macmillan Education was a guy called John Watson. Today, we are still in touch, John is semi-retired, though still working as a publishing consultant. You would think that someone like John, who has all the right connections, would have it easy when trying to find a publisher for his own book. But no. John has written a children’s book for his grandaughter, Belle about a duck called Flappy and is yet to find a publisher. Knowing the ropes, he decided to go to the London Book Fair and corner a publisher there and ask for some advice.
John learned a few things and, being a writer, decided to write his experience as a kind of cautionary tale for other authors. It is witty and dry and more than a touch ironic. It has taught me a thing or two and I am delighted that he has given me permission to include the story of Flappy Duck, The Sequel, here with you.
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