02 Apr Peter Sarda’s ‘Hamburg Noir’ Series Taken Up by Waterstones and Foyles
When it came to stocking his novels, author Peter Sarda didn't take 'no' for an answer from Waterstones Piccadilly, London....
Author: Dea Parkin
26 Feb Dea Congratulates Dagger Author Anna Caig on Publication Debut
I had a fantastic evening last night at the Derbyshire launch party of 'The Wise Witch of Orkney' by the delightful Anna Caig....
09 Jan Problem-Solving: ‘It’s Not Singing off the Page’
It can be tricky when you’ve worked hard on a piece of writing but it still comes over as flat. ...
07 Jul Fiction Feedback Announces Winner of the Emerging Author Dagger at Awards
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Many congratulations to Joe Eurell, author of ASHLAND, the unpublished crime novel which has won the 2025 CWA Emerging Author Dagger, sponsored by Fiction Feedback....
05 Mar Fashion in Fiction Writing
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Over recent weeks I’ve been editing several crime novels from new fiction writers and the comment I’m making most is: this style of writing would have been fine some decades ago, but not now. It’s not the fashion and publishers don’t like it. If anyone had told me before I started in the industry that an ephemeral, essentially unimportant thing like fashion could dictate how a piece of writing was judged, I would have scoffed in disbelief quickly turning to outrage. Fashion is that important in writing style? Really? Yes, I’m afraid so, as I’ve come to learn and as I now...
11 Feb Writing a Winning Synopsis
What’s the point of a synopsis? Why do agents, publishers and competitions ask for one?...
10 Nov Fiction Feedback Sponsors CWA’s Emerging Author Dagger
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In November 2024, we were delighted to announce that we'll be sponsoring the Crime Writers' Association Emerging Author Dagger - formerly known as the Debut Dagger. Dea Parkin, founder of Fiction Feedback and Editor-in-chief, has long been involved with the Dagger in her capacity as first Secretary, then General Coordinator, and now Competitions Coordinator at the CWA, so the opportunity for sponsorship was not to be missed. Dea says: ‘The CWA and the wonderful crime writers they support have helped me to pursue the career of my dreams: editing fiction and helping talented writers get published. It’s an honour to give something...
18 Feb Crusades Adventure with Queen Berengaria
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Congratulations to our long-time author Austin Hernon who has had An Empire Lost, the third and final novel in his series about Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England published by Sapere Books....
03 Feb Fiction Feedback Author’s ‘Intriguing and Clever’ Thriller Published
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Keith Short's The Butterfly Wheel, a thriller with many twists and turns set in and around Cheltenham and Gloucester, is now available as an ebook after the paperback was published at the end of 2022. Keith Short is a an author who has used our critique and editing services for all his novels, but most especially for this one, where his talent is wonderfully evident in an unusual and gripping story. The Butterfly Wheel is a not your average crime novel. The protagonist is a Jake-the-lad whose motorbike accident at the outset puts him in a wheelchair. Yet Jake, recovering his old...
29 Aug Publishing contracts for Fiction Feedback authors
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UPDATE ON THE BLACKSHIRT THRILLERS Late 2024 In autumn 2024 Level Best Books published Blackshirt Rebellion, the third in the Agents of Room Z trilogy by Jason Monaghan about a spy planted in the fascist movement in England in the 1930s. It takes history and gives it a bit of a shake, but always in a way that takes the avid reader along for a thoughtful as well as breathtaking ride with Hugh, Sissy and friends. However it was the second book in the series, Blackshirt Conspiracy, published in 2023, where Fiction Feedback undertook a lot of the editing, although as...
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