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Markets For Writers
Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
My market for you this week is a 100-word flash fiction competition held annually by Reader’s Digest. With free entry and a first prize of £2000, it’s definitely worth entering. There are also prizes of £200 each for two runners-up. To find out more, visit the website. You have until…
Self Publishing Is A Business!
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
If you are serious about wanting to make your mark as a writer, then get serious about how you go about it! Once again, Derek is right!
Writers: Stop Romanticizing Rejection. Or, Why I Love Amazon.
I read a wonderful post on The Atlantic by Kavita Das the other day, which discussed one of my pet peeves. Jamaican writer Marlon James recently won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his ri… Source: Writers: Stop Romanticizing Rejection. Or, Why I Love Amazon.
9 Tips to Give a Great Podcast Interview
Originally posted on The Long and Short Stories of Life:
Performing on radio and podcasts like a professional requires preparation and practice. Before you arrive at or call in to the radio station or the podcast show, be sure you’ve gotten everything together. Don’t listen to yourself later and wish you could do it over.…
Markets For Writers
Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
If you enjoy writing short stories which bring out goose bumps on your readers’ arms, then The Fiction Desk’s Ghost Story Competition might be for you. They’re looking for stories of between 1000-7000 words. The entry fee is a little steep at £8, but the prizes are good: 1st: £500 2nd:…
How to Motivate more Amazon Follows
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
HOW TO GET MORE AMAZONS FOLLOWERS Amazon just announced a new tool designed to help authors generate many more Amazon followers. First, let me give a little background: Customers can follow their favorite authors directly at Amazon.com. It seems ideal for both customers and authors, EXCEPT… Unfortunately, most customers don’t think…
WRITERS – The biggest lie you tell yourself – Meme…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
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HOW TO: Get Over the Initial Feeling Your Work is Shit, & How To Keep Motivated When Writing.
Originally posted on Kade Cook Books:
Source: HOW TO: Get Over the Initial Feeling Your Work is Shit, & How To Keep Motivated When Writing.
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