Some time ago I registered for October’s 2009 Muse Conference. This is a free online writing conference running from October 12 – 18 this year. Today those registered have received word that the workshop agenda is now available to select from, including registering for pitch sessions.
Continue reading...7. May 2009
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I remain a fan of Holly Lisle’s How To Think Sideways e-course, which gave me a lot of process thoughts behind the scenes of my very new writing adventure. Holly has now added to her writing products with a small website called WriterCrashTest.com.
Continue reading...21. April 2009
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The continuation of an occasional series where I select five posts, news items or sites I find interesting. This week, as I am personally concentrating on starting off with editing a first draft, I find myself also interested in several news items and events in writing. So, here are five event / news posts worth [...]
Continue reading...8. April 2009
For those in the U.S.A (at this point) there is a new show in town – The Write Stuff. 30 million households are expected to tune in. Here’s some information on this show -
Continue reading...23. March 2009
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This is a simple picturial album of Friday’s Storyquest which I participated in all day. Held within Second Life, over the whole day, writers were invited to select from five genres and pursue a storyquest through various places in Second Life, arriving at Kahuna, the new Aids island, to finish off and submit their short [...]
Continue reading...23. March 2009
In association with UK Writer’s Market and myebook.com, Tom Colvin of Bookwright.com is launching a new writing competition to find new writers. You have until the end of May to submit your book onto the myebook publishing platform. Judging criteria will be towards literary merit firstly, but this is your opportunity to also delve into [...]
Continue reading...10. March 2009
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March 8th to 11th is Read an E-Book Week. The event has its own website, EbookWeek.com, and the week has sponsorship from many e-book merchants. The Read an Ebook Week website provides some details on various e-book reader devices, and a series of partners providing support, and possibly e-books. There are also some interesting e-book [...]
Continue reading...18. February 2009
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Holly Lisle is in the start-up process of creating a subscription Fiction E-Zine called Rebel Tales. Here are some rudimentary details and links to get you started into Rebel Tales, which may offer something for both readers and writers alike. I hope to see Rebel Tales take flight soon, given the concept and thought put [...]
Continue reading...8. February 2009
WOVEL= Web Novel. But it seems a slightly orchestrated Web 2.0 name for what, in essence, is potentially the coming of age for Serial Novels - with a dash of interactivity and the return of those Choose Your Own Adventure type stories we all enjoyed a couple of decades ago.
Continue reading...5. October 2008
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Penguin Publishing is launching a dating website aimed at book readers in conjunction with online dating giant Match.com. The service went live this week and can be accessed via the Penguin home page and at www.penguindating.co.uk. When I first read this last week, I thought – “What ever next?” but Match.com has partnerships with other [...]
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10. September 2009
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