Showing posts with label self-publishing. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Goodnight Ophelia by Penelope Farmer
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Over on Fictionbitch, there's a guest post by Penelope Farmer, famous for her classic children's novel Charlotte Sometimes. Penelope discusses the forces in present-day publishing squeezing writers like herself with long and respected careers, and the solution her agent found in helping to bring to public attention her sweeping new novel, Goodnight Ophelia.
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