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Anthologies… are such wonderful books!

There are many good things about Anthologies. They are created for all sorts of reasons and can be a good way to discover new writers, because that's often how new writers first get published. There's nothing like the thrill of getting your very first story accepted to be part of a book - it's almost… Continue reading Anthologies… are such wonderful books!

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Ancient History, Cake and Time Travel

I sometimes forget that there was once a world without the technological miracle / horror that is the Internet and Computers.  I work with it every day and it sucks up large tracts of my time... ...hmm, maybe that's what The Internet lives on,  the time that it sucks out of its users... ...there might… Continue reading Ancient History, Cake and Time Travel

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Being paid with Exposure…

There's a skirmish raging in the publishing industry at the moment... no, I'm not talking about two of the Big Six going head to head over something, or Traditional Publishing attacking Self Publishing. I'm talking about writers waking up to a strange concept. Payment. When I started writing in the hope of making it a… Continue reading Being paid with Exposure…