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Angie's Diary

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Angieˈs Stories Online magazine featuring original essays and stories, staff-written articles on politics, psychology, philosophy, lifestyle, t  Read more

Writing Short Fiction

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United Kingdom
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bruce@bruceharris.org
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Bruce Harris - editor

Free resource which offers a lot of information about short stories and how to publish them. Will launch an ezine in January 2015 and currently looking for short stories of 1,500 to 5,000 words.

Interesting Literature

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United States
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Sub-titled A Library of Literary Interestingness, this website specialises in quotes but also has things such as Five Fascinating Facts about Roald Dahl, 10 Great Quotations from Writers about Cats and Five Fascinating Facts about George Orwell's 1984. It's fun, idiosyncratic and perfect if you enjoy that kind of thing.

Town House Publishing Ltd

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Lumen House
Lumen Road
Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 7AG
United Kingdom
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01763 248447
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sharon@townhousepublishing.co.uk
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Town House publish two monthly magazines covering 17,000 households plus online readers.

Authors on the Web

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A labour of love for a group of academics who have compiled biographies of innumerable authors and links to other authors’ websites.  Will you be there one day? (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html)

Laystar Magazine

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United Kingdom
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Although not strictly a writers' magazine, this site allows writers to hone their article-writing skills and get their work published on the web. There are no submission fees but also no fees paid. Clear guidelines enable writers to work on writing to a commercial brief for online publication. http://www.laystar.co.uk/

Swanezine

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Site where writers can publish their work across a broad spectrum of writing, including poetry, short stories and articles. http://sites.google.com/site/swanezine/home

Teen Ink

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An online American teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing and art, and supported by a non-profit organisation. Much encouragement and lots of samples of teen writing. www.teenink.com

Litro

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United Kingdom
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Litro publishes online and has a free distribution of 100,000 in the London area. Accepts submissions of short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction up to a maximum of 3,000 words, but not poetry. No payment offered. www.litro.co.uk/index.php/about-litro/submissions/

publishes online and has a free distribution of 100,000 in the London area. Accepts submissions of short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction up to a maximum of 3,000 words, but not poetry. No payment offered. www.litro.co.uk/index.php/about-litro/submissions/

The view from here

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A new literary magazine with author interviews, book reviews, original short fiction, cartoons, articles and behind the scenes features, helping authors and poets to feel connected, informed and inspired. Good for help with getting your work out there but their latest tip for getting published – hiding in an editor’s desk – is for laughs only. www.viewfromheremagazine.com/

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The Selfies Book Awards UK 2023

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Closing date: 
3 January 2023
Entry: 
Authors who have self-published adult fiction, children’s books or adult memoirs/autobiography in the UK between January and December 2022. Entry fee: £35 per title to include a six-month subscription to Bookbrunch
Prize: 
£750 cash prize for each category plus other prizes

For the fifth year running the hugely popular Selfies Book Awards - powered by UK trade journal BookBrunch and sponsored by Ingram Spark® - will again reward three self-published authors for their publishing excellence. Submissions are now open for indie authors who have published an adult autobiography/memoir, adult fiction or children's book during 2022.
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'Writing is a strange synthesis between the two parts of your mind: the analytical side and the side that knows nothing at all, and you have to allow the dreaming side free rein.'

— Rose Tremain

Worldbuilding 2: the basics of writing fantasy fiction

Sun, 04/12/2022 - 2:30pm
The basics of writing fantasy fiction

Fantasy fiction is a niche market, but a very popular niche market. It is particularly popular among new writers, and I suspect this is a consequence of growing up on a diet of best-selling fantasy fiction over the last couple of decades. In this article, I will look at the differences between writing fantasy fiction and other genres, and also the similarities.  Read more

Worldbuilding 1: Character names in fantasy novels

Mon, 21/11/2022 - 6:34pm
Character names in fantasy novels

One of the more rewarding - and difficult - things about writing a fantasy novel is having the opportunity to create and describe a world different from our own; one where magic is real, where non-human beings interact with us, and where reality has a shape and texture that is anything but mundane.  Read more

21 November 2022 - What's new

November 2022
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