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6 Great Reasons to Enter Writing Competitions

Writing competitions abound, and new ones are announced every day, it seems. Yet entering a writing competition takes time, effort…

Is it a novel? Is it a novella? Is it a novelette? It can be hard to decide what to…

Today sharing his top tips for self-publishing success is indie author Nick Spalding, whose special subject is humour, as you'll…

Following on from Rebecca Swift's post earlier this year about professional mentoring services for self-published authors, writer and editor Janette…

The latest generation of voice recognition software can be an invaluable tool for indie authors, whether you are writing full-time…

We've been talking on this blog lately about the benefits of writing about what or where you know, such as…

Canadian Talli Roland, now based in London, has sold a quarter of a million self-published women's fiction novels, but many…

Should you use real locations or fictitious ones in fiction? In recent posts, Sandy Osborne, Katharine D’Souza and Jan Ruth…

One often overlooked advantage of following the common advice to "write what you know" is that writing in your comfort…

Rebecca Cantrell, is a New York Times bestselling author, recently became the first indie author to win the prestigious International…

Reports of the death of literary fiction are greatly exaggerated, claims US science fiction and fantasy author Kevin McLaughlin,…

In the first of an occasional series defining and celebrating different genres and formats of writing, British author Debbie Young…