Navigating the Editing Landscape:When and How to Choose the Right Editor. And the Right Type of Edit
Choosing an editor is a little like choosing the right builder. You want someone who is professional, reliable, yet friendly. Someone you fe
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- Jul 23
- 15 min
Time to Get Real About Publishing. When Do You Need an Editor? How to Choose the Right One.
And how to get the best from them. Many misconceptions exist regarding the role of editors in the publishing process – particularly their...
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- May 30
- 8 min
How Do Litmags and Journals Affect Your Publication Strategy?
Why bother with litmags? And how can a strategy, or lack of, help or hinder your goals as a fiction writer?
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- Mar 26
- 6 min
Why Don’t Literary Journals Pay?
And How Does it Affect Your Publication Strategy? I wasn’t sure what to write about his month, but the subject of litmags and journals...
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- Nov 27, 2022
- 6 min
A Submissions Package - What and Why.
Most writers would recognise the idea of a submissions package as something to send to an agent or publisher once they have finished...
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- Nov 27, 2021
- 7 min
Stay Organised: How to Track and Tailor Your Subs List
Organise your story subs in one easily managed central location and nurture a list of markets specific to your tastes and style.
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- Sep 26, 2021
- 6 min
Writers: Stay Organised!
Why should a writer keep track of story submissions? Some obvious and some not-so-obvious reasons to do so.
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 7 min
Reedsy LIVE - HIGHLIGHTS
Reedsy Live How to Get Published as a Debut Novelist HIGHLIGHTS. These are my notes from the live stream on Wednesday night. I haven’t...
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- Feb 28, 2021
- 9 min
The Scam of Vanity Presses
Vanity presses have been around for decades, but you might never have heard of them. What does 'vanity publishing' mean, exactly? For the...
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- Sep 28, 2020
- 7 min
Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival Highlights
The industry panellists in the crime writing master class: Oli Munson, literary agent; Alex Saunders, Fiction Editor at Pan Macmillan; Vikki
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- May 3, 2020
- 7 min
Please, Make Something Happen!
Have something happen in your story. Seems obvious, yes? And yet, we receive so many stories at the mag where this is not the case.
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- May 3, 2020
- 7 min
Please, Make Something Happen!
Have something happen in your story. Seems obvious, yes? And yet, we receive so many stories at the mag where this is not the case. There
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- Jun 11, 2018
- 8 min
Is My Writing any Good?
It’s a question every writer asks themselves and yet it can be one of the most elusive answers to obtain. Why? Most of us can string a...
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- Feb 11, 2018
- 1 min
The Life of a Short Story Writer
For fun... #Aspirations #Submissions
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- Apr 9, 2017
- 5 min
The Failed Novelist
This week, an article in The Guardian entitled How I Really Feel: The Failed Novelist stirred up quite a conversation in writing circles....
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- Feb 5, 2017
- 3 min
10 Things I've Learned from the Other Side of the Publishing Fence...
Strong writing, well-realised characters and story arcs really stand out. Clean prose matters. A few typos is one thing and can be...
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- Jan 29, 2017
- 8 min
Mslexia Mad Monday Q&A Highlights
I didn’t blog last weekend. Sorry if you came and didn’t find an update, but the whole family caught a cold, including myself. I felt run...
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