by Nikki Vallance | Apr 24, 2020 | Pivotal, The Spine is Mine |
The People’s Book Prize organisers have extended the voting deadline to 30th May 2020. But what is the People’s Book Prize, why do literary prizes matter to authors and why does your vote matter? The People’s Book Prize There are many literary awards and competitions....
by Nikki Vallance | Feb 25, 2020 | Pivotal, The Spine is Mine |
Sometimes life brings you a reminder of just how short it is and what’s really important. Sometimes the thing you were striving for one day seems the most trivial and unimportant thing the next. Before becoming an author, I was fortunate enough to have found two...
by Nikki Vallance | Apr 20, 2018 | The Spine is Mine |
Making the Most of the London Book Fair – A Writers View Each year at the London Book Fair, the world of publishing convenes at Kensington Olympia. Every available exhibition space, from the Grand Hall to the Club Room, is crammed full of industry professionals and...
by Nikki Vallance | Mar 25, 2015 | The Spine is Mine |
I recently discovered I had not been shortlisted for the Writers & Artists short story competition on the theme of Joy. Far from being a blow, happily this means I am now free from the associated publishing restrictions. There is an added bonus; the timely...