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Judging from the lit Mag scene on Substack, there are plenty of writers keen to submit to new publications whether print or digital. This doesn't necessarily guarantee quality of submissions, though. Sounds like an interesting project. Best of...

It's research for my own information (not distributing it anywhere), but related to a new eReader I'm developing. I'm just curious to ascertain whether writers would actually be bothered submitting to a new digital publication dedicated to short...

I think that niche publishing the first book is a solid possibility. There was a time when the Lakes were filled with local publishers and that visitors to the area would buy a book or two of local interest while they were there. My personal...

IMO, depends how much you are paying.

Speaking from the heart, it seems. From Wikipedia: an Athenian rhetorician, as well as a Roman senator. A great philanthropic magnate, he and his wife Appia Annia Regilla, for whose murder he was potentially responsible, commissioned many...

IMO, depends how much you are paying.

Just a reminder. Publishers will have a look at your manuscript. But it needs to be READY. The site has a list of publishers including some hybrid that will charge you for publishing. Skip those...

February 21: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (chosen by Bev) Book Club is not really an elite cadre. Or, if it is, anyone can join at any time. Litopians who wish to pop in for a meeting should feel very welcome. The difference between other book...

Advice Podcast: Three trends for 2026 ALLi co‑founders Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss 2026 trends for indie authors, urging creators to embrace “agentic AI,” build permission‑based audiences, earn readers’ trust through authenticity and...

It would be nice if that was always so. However, I entered a competition last year which gave feedback on your entry (the first 5000 word of your novel). My entry was set in 1960 and started in a nightclub. The heroine was on the run from her...

I don't feel like sensitivity reading is about censorship so much as useful feedback, no? If I was writing a historical novel I'd probably want someone who knew more than me about that period to check it over; if they pointed out places where I'd...

New Puritans wielding the POWER of the censorship pen. It's about power. Not justice. Not progress. The Victorians too, did a lot of academic and cultural revisionism. Besides famously covering up the indecency of table legs. While perping plenty...

Interesting point: sensitivity readers are self-appointed experts. I would say "experts" who are afraid of getting it wrong/falling short of their duty. Woke in itself isn't a problem imo. Wokism taken to crazy extremes is the problem e.g. the...

It's research for my own information (not distributing it anywhere), but related to a new eReader I'm developing. I'm just curious to ascertain whether writers would actually be bothered submitting to a new digital publication dedicated to short...

Just finished A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike. I am puzzled by this book: specifically, I do not understand why so many people found it so funny. Or so good. Funny enough, and good enough, to throw prizes at it. According to its publishers...