Untold Secrets of Bestselling Authors

Untold Secrets of Bestselling Authors

Amazon

"unfailingly professional and incisive" — BARRY FORSHAW, Financial Times critic

Are you an aspiring author looking to stand out from the slush pile?
Do you have an idea for a novel but aren’t quite sure how to execute it?
Would you like help writing an elevator pitch, synopsis and agent cover letter?

Filled with examples, tools and tips from some of the best-known authors in the world, Untold Secrets of Bestselling Authors provides all the information you need to write a novel and get your first publishing deal, for example—

• How to write a stand-out elevator pitch
• How to evoke a strong sense of place
• How to create characters that stay with you
• How to hook your reader with a punchy title and opening line
• The secrets of structure
• How to blow an agent's socks off with your submission package

And if you want any extra help, I run a consultancy service called, Writing With Victoria which sets aspiring authors on the path to publication.

Email me at victoria@crimetime.co.uk to discuss the wide range of bespoke and affordable services we offer including—

  • one-to-one coaching & consultations

  • help you prepare a synopsis with a great elevator pitch, agent cover letter and list of first round agents to approach

  • editing the first three chapters (up to 10k words) of your novel 

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Victoria Selman is an exciting and powerfully fresh voice

Patricia Cornwell

author of the Scarpetta series

A jaw-dropping twist

Abigail Dean

author of GIRL A

Gravely compelling, sophisticated, terrifying

Chris Whitaker

author of WE BEGIN AT THE END

Can't wait to see what Selman does next!

Sarah Pinborough

author of BEHIND HER EYES

Impossible to put down

Alex Michaelides

author of THE SILENT PATIENT

Full of quiet menace

TM Logan

Author of THE HOLIDAY