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Who are we talking to? by Colin Brush

Posted on 4 August 2020 by

‘Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half’  John Wanamaker, US Postmaster General & marketing pioneer ‘It’s for everyone.’ I’ve heard these words from authors, agents and publishers too many times … Continue reading →

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What’s the Story? by Colin Brush

Posted on 28 July 2020 by

The second in a series of how-to posts by Colin Brush ‘Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.’ TV review of The Wizard … Continue reading →

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How to Sell Your Book in a Few Words by Colin Brush

Posted on 21 July 2020 by

This is the beginning of a series of weekly how-to posts by Colin Brush. Follow this blog to get all the instalments. ‘If you think you have a book evolving, now is the time to write the flap copy – … Continue reading →

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Dolly Garland – BAME SFF Award Finalist

Posted on 14 July 2020 by

When you try to be a professional writer and start sending things out in the world, one of the best ways to cope with rejections is to send things out and forget about them – because let’s face it, rejections … Continue reading →

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Handy Habits by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 7 July 2020 by

Will it sound unbearably smug if I say that lockdown hasn’t really affected me? Apart from getting a new computer. Otherwise normal service has continued pretty well without interruption. I don’t want it to sound smug, because I know people … Continue reading →

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Make Me Care by Sue Thomason

Posted on 26 May 2020 by

First posted 9th May 2017 Writer, I have just picked up your novel, and I’m reading the opening pages. I’ve opened the door of the mind-transporter; here comes my first glimpse of a whole new world. It looks good, and … Continue reading →

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David Gullen – The Girl From A Thousand Fathoms – Interview.

Posted on 19 May 2020 by

Milford: Your new book is called The Girl From A Thousand Fathoms. Give us a quick rundown. Dave: It’s a contemporary detective fantasy set partly in modern-day Brighton, and partly in ancient Babylon. Tim Wassiter, new-age private detective, uses magic … Continue reading →

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Liz Williams – Comet Weather – Interview

Posted on 5 May 2020 by

Milford: First of all, Liz, could you please give us a very quick introduction to Comet Weather. Liz: It’s the only novel I’ve ever written which is set in contemporary Britain. It’s set partly in Somerset, where I live, and … Continue reading →

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Editing and Time Travel by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 28 April 2020 by

Editing one book while writing the first draft of the sequel is as close as I will ever come to time travel. But time travel I did, while working on the first two books of the Psi-Tech trilogy. My first … Continue reading →

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Ten Easy Ways to Infuriate Your Editor by Terry Jackman

Posted on 21 April 2020 by

My own modest experiences of being edited, both long and short, has always been positive, usually enjoyable, so I can look back at them with some fondness. Then I got into editing, the other side of the table as it … Continue reading →

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