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Monthly archive - January 2017

'Monogamy is hard, in writing as in life!'

30 January 2017

On getting started as a writer

"Write what truly, obsessively interests you, not what you imagine will sell. You have to give yourself permission to write a terrible first draft. I often let myself put in several adjectives - e.g. brutal/savage/merciless/relentless - figuring that I can pick the right one later."

On writer's block  Read more

'A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.'

— Sidney Sheldon

2017 Writers Magazine

Mon, 30/01/2017 - 2:15am

2017 Magazines

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23 January 2017 - What's new

January 2017
  • Some nervousness has been expressed by authors and staff in the last few days about the impending purchase by Bertelsmann of part of the Pearson share of Penguin Random House, but is there really much reason to feel anxious about this?
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Is it bad news that Bertelsmann is consolidating its ownership of Penguin Random House?

23 January 2017

Some nervousness has been expressed by authors and staff in the last few days about the impending purchase by Bertelsmann of part of the Pearson share of Penguin Random House, but is there really much reason to feel anxious about this?  Read more