New Categories series
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
This is the second article in a new series by Chris Holifield which will cover the major writing genres. This one looks at Science Fiction and Fantasy and suggests how you should get started, what special considerations you should bear in mind and what the market's like.
Writing Crime Fiction, the first article. looks at the international market for crime novels and shows what is working for this readership and how you can give your own crime fiction its best chance of getting published.
Your copyright
We have updated our article on your copyright and added a section on interviews. Use this to check on your copyright, find out what 'fair use' means and what's in the public domain.
Interviews
Our new page on this points out the pitfalls and gives a sample interview release document.
How to market your writing services online
Ghostwriter Joanne Phillips shows you how you can market yourself online through your own website, optimisation, ezines and freelance writing websites. Essential reading for any writer who wants to promote themself on the web.
See also our more general article on Copyright in our Inside Publishing series and our article Print on demand and the Long Tail in Changes in Publishing.
if:book - the future of the book
Chris Meade, the founder of if:book, explores the future of the book and the creative potential of new media for readers and writers, in his look at the exciting new possibilities for the book.
Review of the Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook updated for 2009
Our reviewer thought this was: 'a fantastically valuable resource for anyone who wants to venture into this highly specialised area of publishing'. Now updated with new articles and a foreword by UK Children's Laureate Michael Rosen.
Story - Submission Critique
In our latest fictionalised story Australian journalist Ben finds that a Submission Critique helps him get his submission package into good enough shape to get his novel taken on by a London agent.
Our Submission Critique service.
Services stories index
Also available, stories on the Reader's Report, the Editor's Report, Editing, Contract vetting, Private publishing, Manuscript Polishing and Self-publishing.
Success story: Brian McGilloway
Crime writer Brian McGilloway had the good fortune to be taken on by Macmillan New Writing and now has a two-book contract with the main Macmillan imprint.