To our little community’s members and possible future friends, writers, readers, posts, and book lovers, may tomorrow be full of joy, and may the muse visit you with an abundance of new ideas.
Matthew Brown
I’d like to challenge you to write about the authors who inspired you. I’ll pick my top favourite answers at the end of the challenge, but I will honourable mention every reply. How this works Anyone can take part. There’s no charge at all (much like a dead battery). You […]
Authors who inspired you – a writing and reply challenge/competition
Earlier this year, I turned to Featured.com for quotes from experts about getting into traditional publishing. I asked what new authors need to know. Four experts replied. This is what they said. Getting Traditionally Published: An overview New authors in the UK must navigate the complexities of publishing, distinguishing between […]
Things New Authors Should Know About Traditional Publishing in the ...
I’ve been talking to people about the UK book publishing market. I’ve been asking various people in what ways the market has been innovating or failing to innovate. I hoped to hear that it was innovating in all sorts of exciting ways but I fear the exact opposite. Simon Brisk, […]
In what ways is the UK book publishing market innovating ...
1 Comment Did you know that the UK creative sector is a net exporter? I learned this today from reading a report from The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC) led by Newcastle University. What is a trade deficit? The UK trade deficit is the amount of money the country […]
The UK creative sector reduces the trade deficit
Brexit has been a bit of a disaster for the publishing industry. Last year, industry leaders in the book and publishing space called on the new Labour government to turn the page on Brexit chaos. Charlie Redmayne, c.e.o. of HarperCollins, and other leading figures in the industry, have taken the […]
The Impacts of Brexit On the Publishing Industry
1 Comment How many words should a novel have? That’s a question I’ve seen many times. Just recently, user Burty Burtman asked in the forums, “How long is a novel?“ The answer is that for novel word counts it depends. Any numbers you can get are, at best, rule-of-thumb with many exceptions. […]
How many words should a novel have?
1 Comment Most of you will probably know that Sanderson refused to use Audible for some reason projects because he felt they were taking advantage of indie authors. In a recent blog post, Sanderson announced the big news that Audible had listened and was taking action. I felt that the industry was […]
Brandon Sanderson changes audiobooks for the better
Hey there fellow writers. What are you working on right now? I want to hear about your Work In Progress (WIP).
Tell us about your WIP
Hodder & Stoughton (a publisher that is part of Hachette UK) are offering a free workbook with pre-orders of The Third Perspective by Africa Brooke. I could find exactly nothing at all to say what would be in that workbook. While you can preorder here (T&Cs apply) Hodder’s news feed […]
Hodder offers bonus workbook for some other book where some ...
Previously, I recommended authors shift from Twitter to Mastodon. In this post, I am going to give some hints and tips for how to get the most out of Mastodon as a writer. First, some notes Here is a poll of what Mastodon users love most about Mastodon. Here is […]
A Writers’ Guide to Mastodon (with Dark Side tricks)
As you might guess from the name, Author Buzz is a project that started in the UK and the focus will always have a UK slant to it. However, our community is open to book enthusiasts from all over the world. We do not discriminate. Whoever you are, you are […]