

Homegrown
My new manuscript, Homegrown is out there. I am querying a number of literary agents and agencies, searching for that Holy Grail,...
Dave Wickenden
Jan 7, 2017

Twitterfest
My novel has been sent to forty literary agents that deal or are currently looking for thrillers. I have followed all the submission...
Dave Wickenden
Dec 6, 2016

So, You Ready to Submit...
Your book is done and you have decided to go the route of traditional publishing. Excellent! Are you ready? You’ve researched a number...
Dave Wickenden
Dec 4, 2016


Where to look for an Agent
My novel, Homegrown is as clean as I can make it. I have had it critiqued by numerous people and then gone through a number of edits. I...
Dave Wickenden
Nov 23, 2016


Scribophile
For new and seasoned writers, the need to have other eyes on your writing before contemplating publication can be a daunting, yet a...
Dave Wickenden
Aug 30, 2016


Photo Finish
Halfway through the summer and the pages keep grudgingly turning as I race to my novel’s climax. I almost wish the writing would not end...
Dave Wickenden
Aug 3, 2016


Back Up Your Work or Lose Your Mind!
Everyone knows that it is important to backup your work, right? Right? It is more so for writers. You can spend days or even weeks...
Dave Wickenden
Apr 16, 2016

My Writing Process
Having no formal writing training, I have never followed a storyboard or worked out my story beforehand as some writers do. I come up...
Dave Wickenden
Mar 28, 2016


Book Exchange Results
Okay, so I’ve sweated and chewed my fingernails to the quick for two weeks waiting to hear back from the three authors in the Novel...
Dave Wickenden
Mar 13, 2016


Critique Results and Book Exchange
So, I have entrusted my child, my novel, into the loving hands of a beta reader and was happily surprised to find that she loved the...
Dave Wickenden
Feb 24, 2016