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Sep 19, 2023Liked by Flic Bowden-Smith (Everett)

Just ordered the book through my indie bookshop - it sounds great!

And thank you for writing about the publishing process. Iā€™m in the process of trying to find a literary agent for my second non-fiction book about the psychology of weight loss.

Four rejections to date and so I am comforted, sort of, by your story!

Hope your book does fabulously well. Best wishes. Helen McCarthy

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Sep 20, 2023Liked by Flic Bowden-Smith (Everett)

This is, truly, a great piece. I am a lousy reader of cosy crime but your sounds spot on and I really hope it does blazingly well. x

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Very interesting post! I have been writing cookery books - under my own name and for lots of other people for years and have both a novel and a childrenā€™s book on the go. But knowing what I know about publishing - not just advances and average pay but allocation of marketing budgets etc too, I canā€™t justify the working hours it would take to finish either. Itā€™s always in the back of my mind that one day my freelance work might dry up and thatā€™s when Iā€™ll have the time to do it. And I have started your book. Loving the premise and the way you write!

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Not sure how I found this substack but I like cosy and you caught me just as I was getting tired of the book I'm on.

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You write brilliantly- loved this!

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My therapist sent me your article as she knows I want to write a rom com (also maybe cosy crime someday) and thank you so much for sharing. Your post has been insightful and now I cannot wait to read your book. I have just pre-ordered on Audible. :D I started my Substack a couple of weeks ago and am primed to write a novel around my figurative 9-5 editorial job.

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Wow - thank you so much for sharing your story & journey Flic this is a movie in the making! I am so excited for you and itā€™s exactly the kind of book I know a number of people whoā€™d love to read it including me. Off to buy/pre order now.

I re read the War of Art this weekend by Steven Pressfield who shared his own writers journey (a long string of Noā€™s until...) along with GREAT wisdom about how to overcome Resistance and write. šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘

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I've not got the slightest inkling of a novel in me, but would love to read yours. Only problem is, I'm boycotting Amazon. Will I be able to get it from anywhere else, like bookshop.org or the Hive?

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