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Publishing Peptalk, because we're all in this together

Abie Longstaff

Publishing Peptalk is for authors who are tearing their hair out. It's a place to share our frustrations about the publication process.

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    Best-selling children's author. Chair of The Children's Writers and Illustrators Group at The Society of Authors. Former lawyer. (posts in a personal capacity)

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