As you can probably imagine I now sincerely want to get myself published. I've been writing for so long now that I actually want to so something with my work. The last novel I completed I submitted to twenty publishing agents and got rejections from every single one. I now realise I missed the bandwagon on that one, so I've been trying to write what I perceive to be the kind of book that's selling well at the moment; family sagas. There are whole stands in bookshops of family sagas, so I don't see why my epic tale of a Welsh family couldn't join them! ...Have to finish the book first though...
As for plays, I now have three completed plays that I would say are of good standard. The last one, Pillow Skies, I submitted to the Manchester 24/7 festival but got rejected from that, which was a bit of a kick in the teeth. The feedback they gave really undermined the whole play as well, pulling out some of its central themes and devices and saying that they didn't work... and they do... and I've had quite a few people read it now and had some excellent feedback about it... So why not the people in the know?? Grrr.
Rant over.
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