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My Say - Eliza Graham

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:37pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.

Getting my novel published

British author Eliza Graham, author of Playing with the Moon, on her route to publication.  Read more

My Say - Mary Garden

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:37pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

A new feature giving writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.  Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.  Read more

My Say - Wendy Walker

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:37pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.  Read more

My Say - Timothy Hallinan

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:36pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.

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My Say - Jae Watson

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:36pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.

The Magic Formula

by Jae Watson  Read more

My Say - Zoe Jenny

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:35pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.  Read more

My Say - Dominae Primus

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:35pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 200 to 400 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.

My impressions of www.writersservices.com – then and now

By Dominae Primus  Read more

My Say - Natasha Mostert

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:35pm
My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

Contributions should ideally be 300 to 500 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.

Natasha Mostert  Read more

My Say - Richard Hall

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:35pm
"Write about what you know" - does this adage always make sense?

Contributions should ideally be 300 to 500 words in length and of general interest. Please email them to us. WritersServices' decision on whether or not to include each contribution is final.

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My Say views

My Say gives writers a chance to air their views about writing and the writer's life.

 

My Say 1 by Deborah Durbin, about rejecting rejection

My Say 2 by Lynda Finn about the isolation of New Zealand writers and their problems with getting published  Read more

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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
  • ‘The TikTok success stories of Colleen Hoover and Emily Henry have done the genre a wonderful favour by putting romance firmly in a spotlight so bright that their popularity cannot be ignored...
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