Vanity Booksellers

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 »

Writers, Come Out of Your Garret and Sing!

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 »

What is Circaidy Gregory?

Circaidy Gregory is an imprint I have set up this year to produce what I think of as a series of authors’ manifestos.

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Do Writers Need Agents?

Do I need an agent?
What do agents do for their money?
Why isn’t my agent/publisher marketing my work?

I’ve had quite a few email debates around these questions and have just embarked on two more so it’s clearly a hot topic. Here’s my tuppenceworth: Read all »

What Kind of Publisher do you Want?

If you are developing a career as a writer these days, you are probably aware that there are many different ways of going on. the Internet has opened many new roads to publication - and also exposed questing writers to many new pitfalls. Read all »