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Five Point Plan for New Writers
1. First decide exactly what it is you want to do. Be it to write a novel, publish a story in a magazine or self-publish a collection of your poems. Until you know what you want to achieve, you cannot make a plan. If you want to do several things,…
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Writing Prompts from Life
People often ask me how I come up with ideas for stories. I’ve never had a problem with finding ideas as they are all around us. Things you hear, things that happen in the news, or places you’ve been to, can inspire you...
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Memories From Your Loft Helps Writer’s Block
How sorting through memories in your loft can help with writer's block or just give you some good material...
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Writers Helping Writers
Our Guest Blogger Carol, gives you her tips on how to seek help from other writers...
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Why You Should Do NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is run between 1-30th November each year. The aim is to write 50,000 words. Wait! Before you move away telling yourself you can’t do that, please hear me out.
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Useful Editing Tools
Until recently, I’d never heard of editing software. A computer doing my editing is not something I’d even thought about, let alone used. However, as I’m always open to new ways to improve my writing I thought I’d give it a try...
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Need Help with Your Novel?
Interview with Literary Consultant, Diane Hall who can help with the editing and publishing of your novel and much more...
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Self-Published Your Book? What’s Next?
In Part 1, I showed you how to prepare your book, proofread it and how to publish it to Amazon and Smashwords. So what happens next?
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Easy Guide to Self-Publishing An E-Book
If you’re computer savvy, and most writers are, then self-publishing an e-book of your novel is fairly straightforward and I will show you how to.
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Writing for Women’s Magazines
When I was new to the womag market, I sold my first story within four months of submitting them, so if I can do it, you can too. Here are my top tips to help you start writing for women’s magazines.
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