Question: 07/04/2010 at 01:55PM
If you came home and found your house had been covered in graffiti how would you feel about it? Angry I bet. Would you feel differently if the guerrilla artist was Banksy, the elusive Scarlet Pimpe…
Question: 09/04/2010 at 10:44AM
Is the writing on the wall for provocative marketing, following the withdrawal of the latest Saatchi & Saatchi advertisement for Cadbury’s Flake? The ad featured a devil-like creature enticing a yo…
Discussion: 22/10/2008 at 03:19PM
It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.
Joseph Heller – Catch 22
Discussion: 09/11/2008 at 05:10PM
This is a disscussion of any current projects you have.
Mine is a novel called Blood_Cry.
It’s a horror!
I made it my NaNo.
What are your current projects?
Discussion: 05/12/2008 at 07:43PM
Often I’ll go into the library and pluck books I’ve never heard of from the shelves because I like the cover or the blurb sounds interesting or turn to page x and decide to read on or possibly beca…
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Discussion: 18/06/2009 at 04:11PM
There’s lots of interesting information in the book – what bits do writers find particularly useful?
Are there any things that you think should be covered but aren’t?
Discussion: 10/12/2009 at 12:27PM
We’ve had a couple of requests for the ability to create and share short stories. So this has gone on our todo list.
What I want to ask everyone about is the possibility of using short stories t…
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Discussion: 03/02/2010 at 08:36AM
If anyone has read this book yet it is so good and I saw it on perez hiltons website. How believeable do you think the story is?
Discussion: 25/03/2010 at 08:41AM
I have discovered a great website where you can write comedy articles on any subject that you choose and have them published online instantly.
Cracked.com is a forum for comedy writing and while…
Question: 12/05/2010 at 12:09PM
Hi there,
I’ve just put up a blog post asking for people who would like to test our new links with the print-on-demand printer Lightning Source. This will mean that you can get books printed in…
Discussion: 02/07/2008 at 12:45PM
How about Flat Eart News…as that is a book Lorna has on her ‘to read’ list anyway and I hear that it is supposed to be good.
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Discussion: 05/08/2008 at 05:13PM
In order of page reached
1. The Death of Artemio Cruz/Carlos Feuntes – Three pages from the end. It’s ridiculous I know.
2. The Reprieve/Jean-Paul Sartre – Half way through.
3. The Idiot/F…
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Discussion: 20/08/2008 at 10:35AM
Pumpkin aims to establish itself as a showcase for the best new writing on the web, while providing valuable support and resources to writers, new and established. Pumpkin will be published quarter…
Discussion: 26/08/2008 at 03:47PM
The Literature Training website – www.literaturetraining.com – is a useful site for finding out about competitions, job vacancies and events regarding literature in the UK.
The woman behind the *…
Discussion: 28/08/2008 at 09:34AM
UKAuthors Opening Pages Competition
[Quoted from ukauthors.com]
“If youDiscussion: 02/09/2008 at 06:30PM
I don’t know about everyone else but sometimes I just need to have a good cry and the only way to let it all out is by reading someting that really goes for the emotional jugular. Here are a few I’…
Discussion: 04/09/2008 at 09:50PM
Black Swan Green – David Mitchell
The Rotters’ Club – Jonathon Coe
A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth (I was amazed at the size of this book, 1488 pages according to Google)
The Reluctant Fundam…
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Question: 14/09/2008 at 11:37AM
Hiya,
Just browsing the ‘books’ tab and about to upload my own MS. What struck me was that there are a load of published books under this tab that come before you get to the books people have up…
Question: 16/09/2008 at 04:59PM
Hiya,
The way books are displayed online appears to have changed – for one the fonts have shrunk!
For me, at least, it’s almost a strain to read them now. Perhaps a zoom option, or change the d…