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Falling down the cracks in the genre map

Posted by Paul Samael on Thursday, September 10, 2015, In : Random thoughts

So, peer review site Authonomy is to close. The cynic in me is inclined to say that this is just further evidence that major publishers (the site was backed by Harper Collins) aren’t particularly serious about new ways of discovering writing talent. I gather that over the site’s 7 year lifespan, 47 manuscripts were chosen for publication. That’s hardly earth-shattering, although it seems to be a better strike rate than a similar UK-based site, YouWriteOn, which I have reviewed here (...

Youwriteon - what's it good for?

Posted by Paul Samael on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, In : Writing fiction

UPDATE 3.2020: Youwriteon was due to close in early 2020 but because of coronavirus, it has decided to stay open on a month-to-month basis. This would mean you could still use it for the purpose I highlight in this piece - namely to get feedback on your work (although I understand it will not be running competitions). Prior to this, Youwriteon had said it would close in early 2020 but was raising funds via a kickstarter campaign for a new website. When I checked on 30.3.2020, the kicksta...
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My 3 biggest mistakes so far

Posted by Paul Samael on Saturday, July 23, 2011, In : Writing fiction

If you’ve read my previous post, you’ll know that I’m not wildly optimistic about the prospects of my novel being a big success. So you may be wondering why I’m bothering with this blog at all. Well, in my more rational moments (that is, the small proportion of each day during which I am not labouring under the delusion that my novel will out-sell all of JK Rowling’s works put together), I’d like to think that this blog might help other people avoid the same mistakes that I mad...
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