As you may be aware, I’ve recently achieved a long-term goal of mine to sign with a literary agent, the fabulous Laura Bennett at the Liverpool Literary Agency. And so, I thought, it might be time for a ‘How I Got My Agent’ post. But I’ve sat down to write the post several times andContinue reading “Writing A Query Letter to a Literary Agent”
Author Archives: Helen Jones
Some News
To be honest, when I wrote my previous post back in April, I thought I’d be back here a bit more often! But that hasn’t been the case for a variety of reasons – however, I’m returning now with some news… I signed with a literary agent! To those of you familiar with this blog,Continue reading “Some News”
Back On The Page
It’s been almost a year since my last blog post. So long, in fact, I almost forgot how to access the dashboard! There have been a number of reasons for my absence, some sad, some glad, but here I am, back to throw some more words into the ether. My absence here doesn’t mean IContinue reading “Back On The Page”
A Blogging Anniversary #amblogging
May has slipped past in a flurry of rain and tumbled blossom, the acid-green leaves of spring expanding into the deeper green of summer. In some ways it’s been a long month, yet I wonder where it’s gone. And, somewhere within the tangle of days, I passed my seven-year blogging anniversary on this site. SevenContinue reading “A Blogging Anniversary #amblogging”
A Season For Querying
A while back, inspired by a comment a fellow writer made, I wrote a post about how there are seasons in writing. A season for editing, a season for publishing, a season for drafting, etc. Much as fields are left fallow and crops rotated, concentrating on one aspect at a time of the writing journeyContinue reading “A Season For Querying”
*LAUNCH DAY* Light and Dark, Book Five of The Ambeth Chronicles
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written one of these posts! But I’m thrilled to announce that today is the launch day for Light And Dark, the fifth instalment of The Ambeth Chronicles!! ‘So you are… the Child of Darkness?’‘It looks that way,’ he said, ‘and, as you are the Child of Light, itContinue reading “*LAUNCH DAY* Light and Dark, Book Five of The Ambeth Chronicles”
A Wild Spirit
It is with sorrow that I write of the passing of Sue Vincent. I often say that blogging has changed my life, and that is absolutely true – what started as a little place to write about writing and whatever was on my mind became so much more, the friendships I’ve made here ones thatContinue reading “A Wild Spirit”
The Soft Emptiness of a Liminal Place
Originally posted on The Light Behind the Story:
Image by Adrian Campfield from Pixabay I am already missing her and she is not wholly gone. When I search for her presence, I find the soft emptiness of the liminal place. Holding. Waiting. I don’t want to think about grief, again. A prolonged letting go that…
Light And Dark Cover Reveal!
That’s right, it’s cover reveal time! Light and Dark, the fifth book in my Ambeth Chronicles series, is thisclose to being launched, and here is the gorgeous cover. Of course, if you’ve subscribed to my newsletter, you’ll already have seen it 😉 Light and Dark – Volume Five of The Ambeth Chronicles ‘So you are…Continue reading “Light And Dark Cover Reveal!”
I See You
I see you my friend In the green grass and the soft heather bloom In the ancient stones and wild peaks In the tumbling stream and the dark woods I see you In the scattered light upon the path In the crouching hare in the long grass In the turning wing of the hunting kiteContinue reading “I See You”
Helen Glynn Jones 