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Monthly archives: September 2017

Authors vs Universal Credit — At Author Buzz UK, we tend to stay away from matters of politics but Universal Credit is one of those topics that cuts to the heart of what it means to be an author. Being a full-time writer is hard already This is something we have covered before. Earning a […]

The Danger of Universal Credit

28th September 2017 in Business by Matthew Brown

H. G. Wells. c.1890 — The 2017 H. G. Wells Short Story Competition shortlist has been announced. The Short Story Competition shortlists were posted Thursday 21 September, H. G. Wells’ Birthday. There are two prizes on offer. The Junior Competition with the Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1000 The Senior Competition with The Grand […]

2017 H. G. Wells shortlist announced

22nd September 2017 in Competitions tagged Competitions / Folkestone / H. G. Wells / Shortlist by Matthew Brown

bug — If you are having difficulty creating an account, please let us know. Some users have reported that while they can sign-up via a WordPress.com account, they cannot always complete the sign-up process directly. This is why we desperately need more beta testers. Rest assured that we are keeping an eye […]

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21st September 2017 in Site News by Matthew Brown

Monkey at a typewriter — Do chaos and good writing go together? This is a question we are about to avoid but not entirely. Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best posts on the Author Buzz UK network. In case you are wondering, a certain amount of chaos is normal for the creative mind […]

Chaos and Good Writing

16th September 2017 in Site News tagged blog / blogging / buzz by Matthew Brown

Contract — Getting published is not easy. Getting a literary agent helps but getting an agent is no easy task. This article is an update to one I published on the now retired Thanet Creative Writers website which has now moved into the Author Buzz UK blogging network. The advice in “How to […]

Getting a good literary agent

9th September 2017 in Agents tagged agents / Jane Friedman / literary agent / Piers Blofeld / Science Fiction Writers of America by Matthew Brown

thief — A mistake new authors make is to hide what they are doing in fear that someone might steal their ideas. No one is going to steal your ideas – here is why. To illustrate the point, we told Tumblr what we were going to write before we had even written it. […]

Relax, no one is going to steal your ideas

7th September 2017 in Advice tagged beta readers / fears / ideas / sharing by Matthew Brown

science fiction — Researching where to submit short stories can be something of a chore but if you happen to be looking for Sci-Fi magazines accepting submissions (and paying) then you might well be in luck – we have five of them. UK Sci-Fi magazines Interzone Interzone was founded in 1982 and counts Michael Moorcock, Sir Arthur […]

5 Sci-Fi magazines accepting submissions

5th September 2017 in Advice tagged list / magazines / publisher / Sci-Fi / UK / US by Matthew Brown