Tessa Barrie

December 18, 2018

Happy Christmas from Cassie the Blog Dog

April 1, 2018May 13, 2018

The Changing Faces of Cassie the Blog Dog

February 22, 2018March 1, 2018

The Shorkie Diaries – 22nd February 2018

February 22, 2018

Ollie’s Busy Day

Tessa Barrie’s Lost Blogs: TESSA BARRIE'S LOST BLOGS

And when you reach that woman of a certain age status, you’re body is hijacked by menopausal madness. Suddenly you’re itchy, bitchy, sweaty, sleepy, bloated and psycho as your oestrogen levels plummet.

Friday the 13th and the Nightmare Continues

Friday the 13th is known for being an unlucky day in the Western world and the American horror franchise, Friday 13th, is also well-entrenched in our minds. I woke up this morning to the reality of Friday 13th with the music from the shower scene of the 1960’s horror, Psycho, blaring my ears and the realisation that… Continue Reading →

THE DILEMMA: Traditional v Self-Publishing

Without an agent, your labour of love, AKA your novel, isn’t going anywhere and, with each rejection, you are engulfed by an overwhelming urge to self-publish. A few of your friends, as well as people you have never met, have read it and given you favourable feedback, but if your MS isn’t attracting an agent, then maybe you should think twice as to whether your labour of love is worthy of self-publication.

Over a million authors self-published during 2017, so there is plenty of competition out there. But, before you chuck your manuscript in the bin, be buoyed up by this…

Stephen King’s first big novel, Carrie, was rejected 30 times. He tossed it in the wastebasket but his wife fished it out. He earned $39 million in 2012.

I am impatient, true to my birth sign, Aries, but my dotage years are too close for comfort, so I need to get on and resolve my dilemma. Cultivating patience and continue to try and find an agent to work with, or give way to my impatience and join the ever-swelling ranks of the self-published?

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