New Releases: August 2021

...  Romantic Comedy One More Chapter Paperback 19th August Young lawyer Alexa Humphries has had enough. Worn down by the endless demands of her suspicious boss and her competitive, high-flying...

Ask An Industry Expert: Becci Mansell

...everything should be commercial really! Commercial fiction can be a very broad and all-encompassing term! At Avon, we publish a wide range of fiction that spans the largest commercial genres,...

The Keeper – Diane Saxon

...dad was in the RAF and we lived in Zambia and Germany. We had so much freedom as children, but we were taught that with that freedom comes an essential...

Lucy Keeling – Just Friends

...she would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoon...

May 2020: Competition Monthly

...Free Details Ongoing Writers’ Forum Short Story Contest Theme: Open, 1,000 – 3,000 words Prizes: £300 / £150 / £100 Closing date: Ongoing Entry: £6 / £3 subscribers Details  ...

New Releases: July 2022

...into the light, causing rifts in the happiness and security of the Spindrift community in Cornwall. Under the shadow of WWI, the artists’ community struggles to survive while the younger...

November 2019: Competition Monthly

...TSR Non-Fiction Prize Theme: Open. 4,500 words max Prize: US $1,000 / $500 Closing date: Open 1 January – 1 February 2020 Entry: $15 Details Sportlight First Novel Competition Theme:...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #20

...we’re COMPLETELY ALONE. Yes, we might have supportive families and editors and beta readers, but ultimately, the work we produce comes down to us. And that makes us – or...

Dark Highland Skies By Lizzie Lamb

...Mhath. Purchase links https://mybook.to/DarkHighland Skies Author website / blog and all social media links viewAuthor.at/LizzieLamb website/blog – https://lizzielamb.co.uk twitter/X – https://twitter.com/lizzie_lamb Threads – https://lizzielambwriter@threads.net Instagram – https://instagram.com/LizzieLambwriter Facebook –https://facebook.com/LizzieLamb  ...

Ann Evans: Hints & Tips For New Writers #14

...your work is. Sometimes you don’t understand your theme until the story is completed. For others, the theme might be the starting point – you know you want to write,...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #25

This is my last Hints & Tips (obviously a lot of us have time pressures and other commitments at the moment) so I’d like to start off by thanking the...

December 2018: Competition Monthly

...Magazine Timely Topic Crime Competition Theme: Crime, 1,500 – 1,700 words Prize: £100 or critique Closing date: 14 January 2019 Entry: £5 Details   Writing Magazine Open Short Story Competition...