Why did Penguin Random House go after a 20 year old, out-of-print novel? I think I’ve figured it out!
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Category: For Writers
Writer’s rights: Stories about Telling Stories
Rights aren’t something many writers give much thought to. In the rush of elation of at a publisher’s interest, they’re[…]
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Harry Potter and the End of Chapter 3
Earlier this week, J K Rowling posted this on Twitter: Quite coincidentally, a couple of days earlier I’d just started[…]
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A Writing Exercise Courtesy of Harlan Ellison
I have a writing exercise for you. I’d like you to produce a short story using the premise “The 102-year[…]
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Big Publishing: Nightmare on Agent Street
Author Chuck Palahniuk (pronounced paula-nick) – author of Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke – says he’s close to[…]
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Submission Guidelines
A friend is currently going through this miserable process, so I thought I’d help out … 😉
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The danger of a single story
A fascinating TED talk from Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie … Some of her books: You’ll find another TED talk from[…]
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William Safire’s Rules for Writers
Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative[…]
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Census spies (part 2)
Following on from my surprise finding that New Zealand’s 2018 online census website is infested with third-party spies, I decided[…]
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Census spies
March 6 is census night here in New Zealand, and this morning Radio NZ reported that 1.7 million people have[…]
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