by Bec Evans | Mar 16, 2022
Everything you need to know about working with beta readers – who they are, the benefits of using them and practical tips on how to recruit, brief and communicate with them. It’s publishing folklore – how JK Rowling was famously rejected by multiple publishers before...
by J.P Choquette | Aug 27, 2021
Like many writers J.P. Choquette thought she didn’t have enough time to write a novel. There were many reasons: she was too busy, too tired, her ideas weren’t good enough. Sick and tired of her excuses she committed to writing for just 15 minutes a day....
by Bec Evans | Dec 9, 2020
There are many things that can kickstart your writing and keep you going when motivation is low, life is busy and you have no time to write. Find out how observation can help you build the tools, tactics and techniques to keep you writing long term. Yesterday I was...
by Chris Smith | Nov 18, 2020
Kevin Kelly had something of an epiphany in the early years of editing Wired, the iconic magazine he founded in the 90s. It was an epiphany that taught him a lesson about writing, creative practice – and about life. In many fields – writing included – a myth...
by Simon Linacre | Aug 17, 2018
You might think you have a publishing plan for your PhD but what if it’s the wrong one for you and your academic career? Academic publishing expert Simon Linacre, director of international marketing and development at Cabells, argues that being strategic is...
by Lisa Cordaro | Oct 15, 2017
There is an industry tale about a novelist (no longer with us) who fought tooth and nail with her publisher if they dared to alter a single punctuation mark in her manuscripts. The situation was – how can we put this? – challenging. On the verge of despair, the...
