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The Future of Publishing...eBooks by Book Badger

published on 2008-09-12

The future of publishing is upon us. Waterstones are now selling "Sony

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by Simon Lord

published on 2008-09-06

“They say you should write what you know, and yet here I was trying to get to know what I was attempting to write.” Simon Taylor considers the use of history in creative writing and the pitfalls to avoid.

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Articles on the Community Page by Anna Lewis

published on 2008-09-05

If you haven’t seen it already, pop over to the Community tab to read news about books. There are a few articles written by CN users on a range of subjects that should be interesting to all book lovers. You can also get involved by leaving some comments!

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Who needs a plan? by Simon Lord

published on 2008-09-04

“For anything longer than Kubla Khan (itself a great unfinished monument to failure to plan ahead) it helps to have some kind of map”. If you don’t know where you are going, it’s easy to get stuck. Simon Lord looks into planning, road building and bridge construction from a literary perspective.

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by Frances Taylor

published on 2008-09-04

Kate Atkinson’s latest offering, ‘When Will There Be Good News?’ has received much critical acclaim since its release on the 14th August this year. The Independent called it “An intricately crafted tale of coincidence and fate, love and longing.” With plenty more evidence of Good News for Atkinson’s writing career, Frances Taylor tracks her journey to become, as The Telegraph warmly describes, “one of the most eccentric of crime writers, and perhaps the sanest.”

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Success comes to those who self-publish by Frances Taylor

published on 2008-09-02

With the revolution of the internet and stories of success from now-accomplished writers, the previously negative perception of self-publishing is now being thoroughly challenged and overruled. Today, the successful self-publisher is becoming a more frequent occurrence and what was once frowned upon as being a last resort is being acknowledged as a viable alternative or stepping stone to a contract with a major publishing house.

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Stripes are in! by Book Badger

published on 2008-08-28

Well…thought I’d introduce myself. I, the Book Badger am the latest edition to the CompletelyNovel team. I’ve just moved into their HQ in Dalston and I am ‘loving it’, as they say. You may think it’s a bit unusual to put a Badger in charge of editorial content for a site like CompletelyNovel. ‘Surely an owl or a squirrel would be more suitable!’, I hear you cry. Well, my friends…neither squirrels nor owls can open doors, let alone use computers – I’m afraid they would have been useless. So, you’ve got me to entertain you, and I will be drawing on my vast knowledge of literature, the latest book-related news and my excellent team of editors to offer some tasty morsels to enhance your reading and writing experience here on CompletelyNovel.

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Short Stories - An endangered species by Ailish Mcalpine-Green

published on 2008-08-28

After a long drought and near-extinction, the Short Story seems to be finally, slowly, clawing its way back into the popular literature market. But how did they become ‘the black sheep of the literary world’ in the first place, and why is now the perfect time for their resurrection? Ailish McAlpine-Green looks into the matter.

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A new look for autumn! by Anna Lewis

published on 2008-08-28

So, CompletelyNovel has changed a little… You can now see what Oli and Jon have been working on over the last few weeks. We hope you like our new look! Have a browse around and let us know what you think. Some of the new features include increased editorial content, the birth of the CompletelyNovel Book Badger and our Book Lists. There may be a few rough edges – please let us know if you come across anything that doesn’t work. You will also see that we’ve changed the book upload process while we make some changes – just get in touch if you have any questions about that. The Badger The latest addition to our team is the CompletelyNovel Book Badger. This fine young creature is going to be alerting our users to the latest news in the book industry, recommending books and offering tips to writers. To help him out we have a keen and talented team of editors who will be contributing to the editorial material. We will also be looking for people to submit guest articles which will appear on the front pages of the website…more news on that soon. Lists, lists, lists I have to admit, I love lists. They mainly revolve around food i.e. my top five cereals to put in the microwave or best fo...

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CompletelyNovel Short Story Competition by Anna Lewis

published on 2008-08-08

To celebrate the release of our website to the public, we are holding a short story competition. The winners, selected by members of the Society of Young Publishers, will appear in our CompletelyNovel Launch Anthology. The theme is ‘And now for something completely different…’. For more information see our competition page So get those pencils sharpened…the deadline is 1st September!

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