by Laura | Mar 2, 2021 | Guides and Resources
Before I began writing fiction, I was an academic living in a publish-or-perish world. I submitted articles to journals that accepted them, rejected them or (most often) asked me to revise and resubmit. In that last situation, they returned my draft along with... Read more
by Sara-Jayne Slack | Jan 5, 2021 | Publishing Industry, Ethical Business, Guides and Resources
Over the last decade, buying books online has become commonplace thanks to big-name stores. And we’re not just talking about that online-only store, either. For any reader who’s trying not to default to using the ‘Zon, simply performing a quick ‘where to buy books... Read more
by Sara-Jayne Slack | May 31, 2020 | Guides and Resources
Avid readers know how book can be an incredible form of escapism where almost anything is possible and you never quite know what’s going to happen next. This is especially true when we look at graphic novel and comic book collections. Comic books, especially, are... Read more
by Anne Goodwin | Apr 9, 2020 | Guides and Resources
Books to console, inspire and escape into… With all but essential workers on lockdown, and our social lives on hold, the time seems ripe for a (lockdown) reading revolution. But this is no holiday; anxiety will skew what and how we read. Perhaps you want to... Read more
by Sara-Jayne Slack | Mar 7, 2020 | Guides and Resources
Magic and the fantasy fiction genre, they go together like Bert and Ernie – or should I say Frodo and Sam? Wherever you look in fantasy, you’ll see examples of magic. Lord of the Rings, of course, is a famous example, but if you were to talk about more or less... Read more
by Sara-Jayne Slack | Dec 1, 2019 | Guides and Resources
When you first decide to be a writer, you might read books on how to write a blockbuster, you might work on your grammar and punctuation or you put hours of research into your favourite genre by reading a hundred lovely, juicy books (aka living the dream). You’ll... Read more