Update
Posted by bencooper | Filed under News
So I’ve been on my new job as Assistant Editor for Acoustic for over a month now. I’m starting to settle in to the roll but it’s a really full on job – I’m really the engine room of the magazine, editorially speaking. The upcoming issue will be the first one to bear my name on the editorial staff list, and I’m hoping it will be an issue I can be proud of. I’ve got a couple of small pieces in the issue, and interview with Brett Dennen and a DVD review, I’d like to have had more but I just haven’t had the time.
I’ve submitted another story this week and am waiting for a response, hopefully I can build up the short fiction in the background.
Over the coming months I’ll be getting more copy in the mag, and I’ve also got plans for a non-fiction book that I’m kicking around at the moment, about boxing.
I’m increasingly leaning towards non-fiction writing at this stage, as it seems to be a viable way to get published and earn some money. It’s in no way easier than fiction, but you don’t need a finished product, just a proposal, outline and a few draft chapters. If the publisher likes it you get commissioned, given a deadline and an advance, then the ball’s in your court. But I need to do more planning and some initial research and writing before that can get underway.
Now I just need to find the energy and determination to get it out there…
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