Everybody seems to know about ‘vanity publishing’ these days. From the acknowledged heights of the literary establishment to the most obscure corners of the Internet, you regularly come across people pouring scorn on those who pay to have their work published. Read all »
This is one tremendous adventure story from Ali Sparkes, author of the famous Shapeshifter series published by OUP. Her regular followers won’t need to be told that ‘Miganium’ is a book to get hold of - they have been eagerly awaiting this title for some time - but in case you haven’t come across Ali’s stories, this is how it goes… Read all »
Think of all the support services there are for people who have fallen victim to fundamentalists, cults and abusive, closed communities of various types. Did it ever dawn on anyone that ex-nuns and ex-priests from what we think of as a ‘normal’ religion could need something similar?
Hitting The ‘Send’ Button
‘Low Tide, Lunan Bay’ is Rosalie Warren’s second novel and I’ve been waiting for it eagerly. Her work to date shows a canny ability to draw the reader into intimate sympathy with imperfect people. Warren enters the battle that is their lives and illuminates the ‘big issues’ we are all facing out in the world right now, sometimes as surprisingly subtle influencing factors, sometimes as full-on, opposing armies. Read all »
Dear Editor,
Are you a vanity publisher?
Yours,
A Hopeful Author
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Have you noticed how people judge internet-based writing in a totally different way to works that come to them in a more traditional form? Or have you wondered about the startled reactions flash fiction receives from non-internet using readers? Read all »
When I was young I was aware that children were sold over the counter or even in the market place. I witnessed such a sale myself and I know of four relatives who were sold as children, isn’t that shocking! – Yong Pease Read all »
If you are a born sports person, you were no doubt born knowing the intricacies of all the popular sports but for newcomers like me, it can be a bit confusing. So, after four years of watching The Six Nations rugby with fascination and bafflement, I thought I’d put together a quick guide to the game, as it appears to an outsider: Read all »
This Article started life entitled Thinking Beats Recycling, then it was renamed Little People, now it’s called Intellectual Evolution. Having failed to find a magazine that wants to publish it, I thought I’d put it here under my newly inaugurated ‘Old Witch’ category, just in case anyone is in this mood… Read all »
How To be a Successful writer in the modern world - an article by Kay Green, first published in The New Writer, autumn 2007, including a discussion with Rob Woods, Hastings Town Centre Manager. Read all »
