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One of my sources, and probably the best. (I get a lot of stuff from Substack subscriptions too.) Unlike with many mass mailouts I've signed up for over time, I actually look forward to their emails each week.

I signed up to Authors Publish a couple of years ago. Their free ebooks are great, and their weekly advice articles and free submission calls have been extremely useful. I've watched some of their free seminars too - always enlightening. It's a...

I just read this article for submitting to agents. It has some great info and resources in it. https://authorspublish.com/how-to-find-the-right-literary-agent-for-your-book-2/

From Shakespeare to Brendan Sanderson it boils down to this. Do this and Bobs Your Uncle. I'd say we all would love to be able to make a living from writing, but have come to accept that probably won't happen. I support 13 Spanish Mustangs. We...

I think it's fair to say most of us dream of living off our writing, and dreams are healthy, but to write a book is hard work, to market a book is harder still, and to resonate with readers who give you the buzz of word of mouth that's like...

Not many writers can make a full time job out of fiction writing. Nice work if you can get it. Many successful authors need other income streams - teaching, editing, ghost-writing for famous people - or other professions altogether. Even for...

A helpful short:

“Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.” Unknown

If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds, you will at some point have to juggle lightning and taste the thunder. Christopher Poindexter

I won this a few years ago and was granted 15 minutes with a very charming agent. He asked for 10 k words from me but ended up leaving Creative Veritas the agency he was with and starting his own a week after. I fell through the cracks. Still I...

Hi All You may have noticed we've now introduced a new feature on the Colony called Events. This is to publicise our various special features both inside and outside the Colony. And it's under Events you will find this week's and all future...