From Enthusiastic Amateur To Professional Author

My blog is about the experience of graduating from an enthusiastic amateur to a professional author, and each post will…

From Enthusiastic Amateur To Professional Author

My blog is about the experience of graduating from an enthusiastic amateur to a professional author, and each post will look at a different aspect of that experience. This post is about the importance of getting good quality feedback on your writing, and how that can help you get an agent and a book deal.

Every writer has to start somewhere. For me, writing was an enjoyable hobby that I indulged when I wasn’t taking care of my family or working as a Research Consultant—a job which took me all over the UK.

I wrote short stories, flash fiction and the occasional poem. The notion of writing an entire novel seemed daunting and time consuming and something real writers did, not hobbyists like me.