Anthologies and Contests #2

Last time, I praised the opportunities for unpublished writers offered by submitting to Anthologies and Contests. So where do you start in your search for Anthologies and Contests seeking submissions? Today, I list a good number of links below, to get you started. And please note that I in no way endorse any of these …

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Writers Write, Right?

My blog has been a little quiet these past weeks, as I've been catching up on some writing. I have seen a few independent writers recently close down their blogging activities on the grounds that they wanted to spend more time with their work-in-progress novels. Writers write, right? Well, yes, but... The demands of the …

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FollowBack Mountain?

"Build a platform", they all said, to become famous and influential before you publish your first novel. Market something that does not exist? We used to call it "vapourware", now it's "work-in-progress". But I followed conventional wisdom... I joined a dozen or more platforms, forums and exchanges. I participated in campaigns to encourage Followers and at …

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136 days – how was it for you?

Here we are, day 136 of 2013 (that's 37% of the year gone). And how is everyone getting along? So far, it's been a good year for me, creatively... TWO Liebster awards runner-up in a LinkedIn microfiction contest (on a writers' vote) my short story, "Conservation", accepted for publication spent a few, happy weeks on a movie …

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