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10 top tips from a self-publishing survivor
Admitting you’ve made a mistake is tough. Even harder is taking what you’ve learned from those mistakes and pressing on. But that’s exactly what management guru and writer Steve Taylor did when he...
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How to continue writing once your course has finished
Lumb Bank by Lee Richardson Foster Writing courses offer amazing opportunities to inspire writers and give them the tools to develop their writing. Arvon ran its first course in 1968 and was the...
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How to market your book online
However you hope to publish your work, whether it’ll be an ebook, an online serial or as a weighty literary tome, one thing is the same: you need to know how to market your wares. In this two-part...
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How to improve your book’s Google rankings
In our last blog featuring Chris McVeigh we talked about how authors should approach social media and digital marketing. In the second part of this interview, we turn our attention to how authors can...
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Why collaborative writing is an author’s best weapon
Chuck D and Charles Bukowski are two of the inspirations that got fantasy writer Martin Bolton putting words on the page. In this guest blog he tells us how rap, reading and collaborative projects...
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The David Quantick interview: “Writing rooms are all about who can shout the...
David Quanitick courtesy of Kiran Ridley David Quantick has spent 25 years writing everything. Poems, novels, scripts, best man’s speeches, top TV comedies like Veep, The Thick of It and The Day Today...
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Thinking of joining a writing group? Ask yourself these 8 questions first
As a writer, active member and chair of the London Writers’ Cafe – one of the largest writing groups in the UK – Lisa Goll knows a thing or two about how to get the most from participating in a...
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How to get past that blank page and write your first book
The first words are often the hardest. It’s often one of the biggest roadblocks preventing people from writing non-fiction. Mike Fishbein provides advice to get started and urges us to seize the...
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Writers in the digital age: Five lessons in Twitter
Being a writer in the digital age is a fickle business. It’s a constant uphill struggle to keep on top of your social media accounts, ensuring you make the most of them and interact with your fans,...
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How to ask for feedback on your writing
Whether you’re sharing in a group, asking a friend, or meeting a professional one-to-one, asking for feedback is a test of any writer’s mettle but there are ways to make the process less harrowing....
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How to find the best time to write
When’s the best time to write? Is it in the morning when you’re fresh and ready for a new day? Is it in evening when you’re full of ideas and inspiration from previous hours during the day? Or perhaps...
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Writing a novel is like building a desk
“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as...
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How I wrote 29 stories in 29 days
I’m a bit of a left brain/right brain strange combination. I love writing and consider myself a highly creative person – but I’m also a number junkie too. I’ve just finished writing 29 plays in 29...
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Are you afraid of success?
We tell ourselves many reasons why we’re not writing – or not writing as much or as often as we would like. Pick your reasons from the following list: work, family, social life, duties, distractions....
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How to work with a writing mentor
I don’t have an infectious disease but if I did, I imagine telling people you have one garners much the same reaction as telling people you’ve written a short comedy film. There’s normally some...
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How to balance a writing job with your author calling
You’ve made it — you’re a paid writer! Maybe you write advertising copy, video sales letters, memos and presentations, or greetings cards. You’re in this line of work because you love language and you...
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How to write like Man Booker Prize longlister Wyl Menmuir
Wyl Menmuir The last few weeks for first-time novelist Wyl Menmuir have been a blur. Since finding out his book The Many had been longlisted for the Man Booker – the most prestigious literary prize in...
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Writers in the digital age: Five lessons in Twitter
Being a writer in the digital age is a fickle business. It’s a constant uphill struggle to keep on top of your social media accounts, ensuring you make the most of them and interact with your fans,...
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How to ask for feedback on your writing
Whether you’re sharing in a group, asking a friend, or meeting a professional one-to-one, asking for feedback is a test of any writer’s mettle but there are ways to make the process less harrowing....
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How to find the best time to write
When’s the best time to write? Is it in the morning when you’re fresh and ready for a new day? Is it in evening when you’re full of ideas and inspiration from previous hours during the day? Or perhaps...
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