Lincoln in the Bardo wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders has been named winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Lincoln in the Bardo is the…
Writing
File name conventions that keep track of your revisions [FOR AUTHORS]
It’s never too soon to start using good file naming habits. When your whole story lies ahead of you, it’s easy to naively assume you’ll…
Your guide to using styles in Word
Styles Make Your Writing Better Well, ok, they won’t make your writing better, but they make it a hell of a lot easier to format.
Let frustration be your fuel: 7 lessons for start-ups from Salomé Magazine
Salomé is one of the newest publications to hit the independent press scene. Launched in April this year, Salomé is the literary magazine for emerging…
The quick and easy guide to using beta readers [FOR AUTHORS]
Oh, no … You didn’t just ask your spouse, your mom, or your best friend to read your book and tell you what they think,…
Taking criticism well
Listed by the Observer as one of “Our top 50 players in the world of books”, Clare Conville previously worked as an editor at Random…
35 easy keyboard shortcuts to improve your workflow in Word
There’s a lot of talk among editors and wordy wordsmiths about using macros to help efficiency when you’re working. Truth be told, macros can be…
Inclusive language: 3 rules for editorial best practice
While the details of any book are important to get right, books about personal or sensitive topics require an extra level of attention to ensure…
Interview with WriteNow participant Nels Abbey
WriteNow, Penguin Random House UK’s programme to find, mentor and publish new writers currently under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves, is back for 2017.
5 reasons for the return of the novella
Jon Watt of indie publisher Type & Tell hails the return of the novella and the part authors have played in it.
Contracts? Show me the bit about advances and royalties and the rest isn’t worth reading!
Mara Livingstone-McPhail was a bookseller, reviewed books on BBC radio and organized book events in inner-city schools before being lured to London by the team…
Self-publishers, you are your own project manager
Independent authors are often criticized for being too quick to hit publish. This observation carries the veiled assumption that they do this because they are…
Why authors need to get messy
If you’re an author, or you’re working with an author, then you may beat yourself/them up for being unable to summon up a laser-like focus…
Don’t Hold My Head Down: Interview with Lucy-Anne Holmes
Lucy-Anne Holmes is a writer and campaigner. Her last novel Just a Girl Standing In Front of a Boy won the Romantic Novelists Association ‘Rom…
Writing for international audiences
Writing has a huge potential audience now as we have many ways to access the written word. If not done well, though, writing for a…