Self-publishing a book can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience, but it can also be overwhelming and intimidating if you are not sure where to start. Whether you are a first-time author or an experienced writer, self-publishing has become an increasingly popular option for getting your work out into the world. In this blog post, […]

Countdown to Writing By Carol Harblin Just like New Year’s resolutions we all have a game plan to get started.  Many writers devise outlines and guidelines that will ignite their process, but outlines aren’t always successful.  It’s all good in theory, but it doesn’t actually get the flow going. In December, people talk about going […]

THE MUCH ANTICIPATED THIRD COLLECTION OF CHILDREN’S POEMS Click here to contact us for your review copy now Towards the end of July last year Florence Remmer contacted us via our web site saying that she had children’s poems and stories that she would like to see published but didn’t know how to go about […]

 Are you a hardcore linguist? If you come from a digital background, specifically programming you will be familiar with StackOverflow. It’s a question and answer forum where you can obtain help on tricky programming problems. However, they don’t just do tech problems. There is the StackExchange which covers all manner of Q&A forums including ‘English […]

  “Difference between commercial and literary fiction?” A great question posed by @rosemarydun on Twitter. It is something many authors will need to think about when it comes time to categorise their writing. We thought we would investigate further! At first we thought this would be a nice and simple question to tackle: do some research and present […]

  We are regularly asked by authors about Facebook advertising. Will it provide ROI? How do I market my novel effectively on social media? I have spent money on Facebook advertising but haven’t seen a return, what did I do wrong? Facebook is a tricky platform to obtain value from as an author. However, there […]

Get Published! Issue 2 – We show you publishing houses currently accepting applications. We are now on our second post bringing you a list of publishing houses currently accepting applications from authors. Persea Books: Accepting Book Manuscript Queries  An established literary publisher with wide distribution. Persea Books is an independent book publisher based out of New […]

We want to help authors as much as we can and thought it would be useful to put together a list of Publishing Houses currently accepting applications. 1. Monarch Review Are currently accepting online submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, music, videos and visual arts. 2. 8thHousePublishing They publish exemplary fiction, philosophy, esoterica and other earnest […]