As we live through a strange and uncertain time, many people will be expressing their struggles and emotions through writing.
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5 tips for writing audiobooks
Audiobooks have been described as a “rising star” of the publishing industry. They’re seeing vast growth year-on-year, as people use mobiles and eBook readers to access them. There are many ways to create an audiobook. Text-to-speech technology converts eBooks to audiobooks on the fly, often with high quality, human-like speech. Or you can record yourself […]
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Courage and clicks: why controversy works
Controversy and click-bait still cut through. That’s the perhaps unpalatable truth revealed by recent Newsmodo research. Their top performing articles were those with headlines that got “a rise” out of some audiences, making them click through. “It’s critical that all pitches include a ‘controversial’ headline that has the reader click through, but the article itself […]
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The importance of humour and wit
Why writers should embrace humour A submissions editor for a literary journal recently revealed on Reddit a list of submissions that editors get sick of reading, as well as things they want to see in submissions. One of these was humour: Humour/wit: there is almost a complete lack of humour in many (most) subs, because […]
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Historical fiction – why accuracy matters
Historical fiction is popular across many genres: from romance to crime to literary fiction. But how much does accuracy matter? There’s a scene from a Highlands-themed bodice-ripper that still haunts me, years after reading it. The heroine, having to spend her wedding night camping out on the journey between her father’s castle and her new […]
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How to edit your own copy
Editing your own writing is tough. It’s almost impossible to pick out your own errors, because you know what you wrote so you read it differently than another person would. These are the steps you can take to try and get your copy flawless and publication-ready. 1. Spellcheck it Amazingly, many people still don’t use […]
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