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July 2019

'The best books come from someplace deep inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either. Those of us who write do it because there are stories inside us burning to get out. Writing is essential to our well-being. If you're that kind of writer, never give up!

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Creating Context

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:35am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

Creating Context website

Sometimes a story demands more than just a plot to move its emotional content forward. When a story becomes very complicated, or a little too crowded with characters, or stretched over a long period of time, you may want to create a context. Context is the descriptive background in a story that sheds light on its meaning. Read more

Podcasts Are Providing A New Way Into Poetry : NPR

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:31am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

Podcasts Are Providing A New Way Into Poetry : NPR website

When you read a poem, you might be struck by its form on the page, the page etched with careful words, the words teased into line breaks. But when you hear it? Then you meet the poem in a more intimate space.

For years, audiobooks and poetry readings have used the authority of voice to bring poems to life. But there's another, newer platform I want to talk about: the podcast. Read more

Audio Publishers Association: Nearly $1 Billion in 2018 Audiobook Sales

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:26am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

Audio Publishers Association: Nearly $1 Billion in 2018 Audiobook Sales website

The newly reported annual sales survey from the APA shows audiobooks continuing to be the market lead for growth in formats, with listening in cars on the upswing in 2018.

Why should authors read your bad reviews? | Books | The Guardian

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:23am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

Why should authors read your bad reviews? | Books | The Guardian website

After Angie Thomas requested that she not be tagged into negative reviews of her books on social media, she has received a torrent of abuse.

David Nicholls: Writing new novel 'completely terrifying' - BBC News

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:20am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

David Nicholls: Writing new novel 'completely terrifying' - BBC News website

It's 10 years since David Nicholls' novel One Day became a publishing phenomenon - a word of mouth sensation that has sold more than five million copies around the world. Five years later came Us and now five years after that he's back with a new novel. But can he repeat the success with Sweet Sorrow - a story of falling in love for the first time?

Authors Don’t Have Much Control Over Covers; Here’s Why | Book Riot

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:17am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

Authors Don’t Have Much Control Over Covers; Here’s Why | Book Riot website

We all judge books by their covers. A cover is the most important piece of marketing for any book. Publishers know this, which is why they have entire departments devoted to the design of book covers. Art departments do tons of market research, A/B testing, and usually go through several designs before deciding on a direction for a cover.

From Uber driving to huge book deal: Adrian McKinty's life-changing phone call | Books | The Guardian

Fri, 19/07/2019 - 10:14am — Chris Holifield

15 July 2019

From Uber driving to huge book deal: Adrian McKinty's life-changing phone call | Books | The Guardian website

It was 1.30 in the morning in Melbourne and Adrian McKinty had just got home after dropping off his last Uber customer of the night at the airport. His phone rang. Read more

'For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.'

— Gao Xingjian, refering to writing during the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-Tung

Write from the Inside

15 July 2019

'The best books come from someplace deep inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.
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1 July 2019 - What's new

July 2019

‘There's been a great democratisation of the world of poetry, In the past, it was seen as only certain kinds of people wrote poems, but now there isn't that same divide. There's all sorts of different forms: spoken-word poetry, Instagram poetry... Poets like Hollie McNish have taken off and are selling lots.

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'Like placing a palm on the continent's pulse' - Dr Peter Kimani on judging the Caine Prize for African Writing

Wed, 03/07/2019 - 8:16pm — Chris Holifield

1 July 2019

'Like placing a palm on the continent's pulse' - Dr Peter Kimani on judging the Caine Prize for African Writing website

As the Caine Prize contenders visit the UK in advance of the announcement of the winner next week, chair of the judges Dr Peter Kimani discusses what the prize has meant to African writing Read more

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