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Another Award for Book Challenger Claire Buss!

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We are thrilled to share the news that Claire Buss has been successful in winning the 2019 Uncaged Book Review Raven Award for Best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy for her novel The Rose Thief. We asked Claire how she felt receiving yet another award for her writing? "I am over the moon to have ...
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Rose and Thorne: Lifeblood (Chapter One)

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by R J Cambridge I look through the old musty curtains, unchanged in all the years I have been coming to Chez Sanguis. The decor is the same, dark oak panelling, high, wing-backed chairs, crimson tablecloth and strictly tables for two or four only. It is the ultimate place for a ...

Getting Through Your First Draft

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By Rebecca Delphine  Writing the first draft of a novel is often painful. The story in your head is perfect and flawless but as you try to forge it into words it can get distorted and difficult to understand. You become a little lost and no matter how hard you try you ...
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Saying Goodbye

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by Tavinder New The rays of the sun were appeared in the distant sky, like a flower opening up its petals, and they floated through the doorway as I opened the latch. I held the glass of water in my hand and a beam reflected off, creating a rainbow through the ...

The Hardest Thing About Writing Is Doing It

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By Luke Edley  I plead guilty to being a writer who doesn’t write half as much as he should. It’s easy to assume most successful writers must have cultivated their gift on a daily basis, sitting down every morning (or night) without fail and churning out a couple of thousand words as routinely ...
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Friends…….

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by Darren Rodwell Friends are a blessing Friends can be a curse Friends can, should be, very diverse   Friendship on the other hand It’s open for the world to see True friendship is the place to be   True friends are always forgiven True friends will tell you how it is True friends will always be there No matter what the ...

Top 5 Tips for Plotting Your Novel

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by Katie Ginger Writing an 80,000 word novel can seem impossible when you're sat staring at a blank page with nothing but a vague idea. Some people write by the seat of their pants (they're called pansters), some like to drill down to each scene and chapter (plotters) and others are a mixture of ...
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Ye Olde Magick Shoppe

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by Claire Buss (Extract from her short story, Ye Olde Magick Shoppe) Fortunately, Fred was on main gate duty so it didn't take Ned long to find him. The young lad waved enthusiastically, which made his plumed helmet topple off his head. As he made a grab for that, he let go ...

Should Authors Be Friends With Other Authors

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by Margena Adams Holmes  Recently, in one of the many writers groups I’m in on Facebook, someone mentioned that authors shouldn’t be friends with other authors. This person said that it’s a waste because authors don’t read other authors and their marketing is useless to them. Should authors be friends with other authors?  To tell ...
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Just a Few Doors Down

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by Jenny Gibson ‘I’m so sorry.’ That’s what everyone says. But it doesn’t matter who says it or how they say it, it never helps. The only thing worse than hearing it is not hearing anything at all. I can go from one day’s beginning to the next day’s end and ...