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Every day a few people land on this blog looking for information about Brit Writers. It’s easy to find my posts, as well as the comments made by many readers on the posts and links to other discussions on the internet.
However, since the last post, things have evolved. So here’s a summary (please let …
A Collaborative Flash
A couple of months ago, New Zealand based writer and editor Michelle Elvy had the idea to celebrate International Women’s Day by having women writers across different countries collaborate on a piece of short fiction.
You can read the first of these stories here – a collaboration between Michelle, Martha Williams and Sarah Hilary in …
Housewife with a Half-Life by A.B.Wells
Where household appliances are alive and dangerous, Geezers have Entropy Hoovers and the Spinner’s Cataclysmic convertor could rip reality apart, Susan Strong is all that’s holding the world together.
Potato, Potato, Tomato, Tomato, Book Covers.
My U.K. and U.S.A. cover designs have now been developed. I’m delighted with both of them, but they are markedly different.
Blurby be Kind
I promise, here and now, that I will pay it forward with good grace when the time comes.
Not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
Not too hot, not too cold, but just right. What makes a good short story? I’m interviewed by Alison Wells over at the Writing.ie blog
Gone Fishing (Again)
I’ll be offline for a while.
Now in Paperback! Interview with Vanessa Gebbie & Bloomsbury’s paperback editor.
“Traditionally, the paperback is the main life of the book and 9 out of 10 print books purchased are paperbacks.”
The Night Rainbow – Hardback Jacket
It made me cry.
A Belly Full of Fiction
I get a diminishing return when reading short fiction. Like drinking a cold beer – the first one is wonderfully refreshing, the second is good too. The third is simply because you like the taste and the fourth is pure gluttony.
A Lesson in Creativity.
There is a joyful expression of language, or music, or art that we have instinctively as children. Until at some stage someone tells us that we are not necessarily doing it ‘right’.
The Novel Edits (Part 2)
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. (Scott Adams ‘The Dilbert Principle’)
Bloggers beware – “Top Blog Award Nominations”
This week I received an email congratulating me on my nomination for a ‘Top Writing Blog Award’.
Woo-hoo, eh? Great. I’d never heard of the organisation that nominated me though, so I Googled them. They seem to be a broker for online education. So far they have a dozen different categories of these “awards”
Top 115 parenting blogs!
Top …
My true love gave to me…creativity, self esteem and joy – First Story Interview
“Seeing your own experiences reflected back to you in the stories you have written being read aloud, that can absolutely raise your self esteem.”
Is this how The Fairytale goes?
How much tenacity did Stephen really have to show before his destiny finally showed up for dinner? Does Stephen type out text messages using proper, full words? and what is the relationship between Stephen and a man whose best friends kicked him 47 times in the testicles in 90 seconds?
£1000 to spend at Writers Mart today! Kerching!
Imagine you have £1000 and you have to spend it on your book. The aim is to get your book to market, and make as much money as you can…
The Six Figure Advance
Party planning seems to fit neatly in alongside celebrity chefs. Poor Pippa would have found it tougher if she’d been an investment banker. ‘Pippa’s guide to mergers & acquisitions’ doesn’t have the same ring to it, eh?
Imitation is the best form of Flattry
I have added Flattr to my own posts, and I’d encourage you to add it to yours.
Brit Writers’ legal action against writers – update
Just because a dog that has bared its teeth at you is now wagging its tail doesn’t mean you should give it a bone.
The Coward’s Tale – Interview with Vanessa Gebbie
Today I’m thrilled to welcome Vanessa Gebbie to my blog, to talk about her novel The Coward’s Tale, which launched officially three days ago (7th November 2011). I was lucky enough to have an advance copy to read, and it’s an absolute treasure. The writing is so lyrical I felt as though it was being read …
