‘Take care not to send the manuscript off to agents or publishers too early. Writers are so often guilty of this (me included!). We’ve worked so damn hard on our book, we’ve done so many drafts, surely it must be finished?! But it’s worth taking another break, giving yourself a cooling-off period, and then reassessing.’

“To start off you only need a good bio, books (or future books), services (if you offer services), a way for people to contact you and a good pic of yourself.”