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Facebook changes…

It's no secret that Facebook is using the people who use it to make money - it's the whole basis of those ad filled newsfeeds that we all hate and the "boost your post for £" message that pops up when you run a page on FB (for whatever reason). They also do all sorts… Continue reading Facebook changes…

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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…

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How long is too long?

One of the things that I struggle with (as a writer) is book length. I'm a Fantasy / SF writer and most of the books that I grew up reading in those genres were either big, thick epics - Lord of the Rings, Wheel of Time, Dune, Magician - or they were series - The… Continue reading How long is too long?