The Publishing Dopamine Trap

I'm addicted

Jul 1 • Abie Longstaff

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June 2026

Prioritising Writing in a Messy life

This week I was going to write about treating writing as your job, and prioritising it as such and then:

Jun 17 • Abie Longstaff

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Why can’t I just write whatever I want?

The pain of turning the creative into the commercial

Jun 3 • Abie Longstaff

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May 2026

When you write children's books, who is your customer?

As children’s authors/illustrators, it’s easy to think that our customer is the CHILD.

May 20 • Abie Longstaff

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When a book ‘fails’

The ones that got away

May 6 • Abie Longstaff

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April 2026

‘It’s beyond my control’

Get used to saying it

Apr 22 • Abie Longstaff

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International School Visits

Why do them, how to get them

Apr 8 • Abie Longstaff

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March 2026

Is my agent any good?

How do I know?

Mar 25 • Abie Longstaff

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Are you ready to be a full-time writer?

weighing it up

Mar 11 • Abie Longstaff

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February 2026

We're all clinging on by our fingernails

(It's not just you)

Feb 25 • Abie Longstaff

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What to do in a publishing slump

Across your career as an author, you will have brilliant times and low times.

Feb 11 • Abie Longstaff

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January 2026

I don’t like my cover

What to do ...

Jan 28 • Abie Longstaff

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