MEG PELLICCIO

Meg Pelliccio

  • Adult Fairy Tale Short Story Competition

    Writing Magazine is currently hosting an adult fairy tale short story competition! It can either be a reimagining of an old classic or completely original, as the competition states that the fairy tale theme is “fairly loose, admittedly“. Word count must be between 1,500-1,700 words and the closing date is 15 October, 2018. Full rules,…

  • Hard in Hightown has arrived!

    Finally, my copy of Hard in Hightown has arrived! This short novel is written by the fictional Dragon Age II and Dragon Age Inquisition character, Varric Tethras (or in reality, Mary Kirby). Amazon has a funny “about the author” section on the book’s page, describing our favourite dwarven rogue. The “critic” quotes on the front…

  • New books from local Plymouth Authors

    The McKenzie sisters have done it again! Local Plymouth authors Carmella and Alison McKenzie have released their new books recently, Blooming Grand and The Sapphire Heart respectively.                   I had the pleasure of reading their first books, Haberdashery and From the Future With Love, last year and so when I heard they had released new…

  • Query Tracker

    I’ve been using Query Tracker for some time to track my queries (surprise, surprise) and it’s really useful for seeing the normal responses and time frames for queries etc. However, recently I decided to take advantage of their forums and get some advice on re-working my query and synopsis. I’ve had some really good feedback…

  • Re-submitting queries

    So after two years and heavy revision of my manuscript, I’ve decided to start re-submitting queries to agents. My original goal in editing my manuscript was to self-publish using Smashwords and Create Space, but after all the work I’ve put in, it seemed like it would be worth trying a few more agents. Definitely worth…