Authors make so many mistakes. Completely accidentally, of course. But you might be surprised by how similar many of these mistakes are. Now as a reviewer for The Story Star Standard (an indie book review service based on craft judgement, awarding badges Bronze-Ruby), and before that an editor and professional beta-reader, I review a lot […]
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Our new Founding Competition and how it Links to the Difficulties of Self-Publishing The life of an author is often a solitary one, so much so that it’s become a trope: the trope of the solitary author. But when we picture this isolated author, we often imagine someone who is traditionally published. While they may
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For a long time, as a young and avid reader, I was convinced that self-published books had little to offer. At best, I thought if high-quality self-published books did exist, they were like finding a needle in a haystack. But years later, as I sat in my (metaphorical) pile of manuscripts sent to me by
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