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An EPIC interview with Robin Sullivan of Ridan Publishing

***UPDATED WITH WINNER*** Congratulations to VDGriesdoorn, I’ll let Robin know that you won and I’ll get them to send the signed copy of The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J Sullivan out to you as soon as possible.   Thanks to everyone who commented. I’ll be doing a follow up interview with Robin in two weeks time.   [...]

Surviving The Publishing Apocalypse

As an aspiring writer, everywhere you turn there’s someone else proclaiming that the sky is in fact falling, and you’d better self publish yourself some shelter before the old gods return and eat your sweet meats for you.   On the other side of the street, wearing nothing but a street sign and a filthy [...]

Why Support Other Writers?

I got asked a little while ago why I pimp other authors on my site and on Twitter. This one was a surprise, but it may be one of those things that I think is obvious to everyone but which turns out to be obvious only to me. There are (at least) three reasons to [...]

How Do You Handle Praise?

***Updated With Winners:  Thanks for all your comments folks. In the end I decided to give away three ebooks rather than just the one. I like all of the comments so I ended up drawing two names out of a hat and choosing one because it made me grin. The winners are… Sarah, Nasim and [...]

Character Quirks, Hold the Cheese

I love character quirks. In one of my early stories one of the characters was a one legged prostitute named Reverend Moon (it’s still in the short story section of the site if you want to read it). I’ve levered in other strange tics, everything from an obsession with numbers to a predilection for Greek [...]

Want To Win a Copy of Story Structure Demystified?

Want to win a copy of Larry Brooks’ book Story Structure – Demystified? All you have o do is leave a comment and tell me what the best bit of writing advice you’ve ever received was. It can be anything, a website, a blog a book or just good advice given face to face. I’ll [...]

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