Blog

Here you’ll find a curated selection of blog posts, mostly written by the Cornerstones team. You’ll also find our latest series, Behind the Book, where we interview Cornerstones alumni on their journey to publication. Let us know if there’s anything else you’d like to see here!

How Important Is It to Have a Great Idea?
Sarah Rouse Sarah Rouse

How Important Is It to Have a Great Idea?

Authors who, like me, are veterans of a few school visits – about 400 in my case, at last count! – often find themselves being asked that immortal question, ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’…

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Behind the Book: meet Julie Ma, author of HAPPY FAMILIES
Sarah Rouse Sarah Rouse

Behind the Book: meet Julie Ma, author of HAPPY FAMILIES

Welcome to our new blog series, Behind the Book, where we’ll be putting our Cornerstones alumni in the hot-seat. This week, we’re thrilled to be joined by Julie Ma. Her novel Happy Families won Richard and Judy’s Search for a Bestseller competition in 2020, and was published with Welbeck in February 2021…

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