How to Build an Author Platform Before Your First Fiction Release
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to building an author website, newsletter and social presence before a debut fiction release, without letting platform work eat...
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A practical, beginner-friendly guide to building an author website, newsletter and social presence before a debut fiction release, without letting platform work eat...
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A plain-English guide to advances, royalty rates, reserves against returns and payment schedules in UK publishing contracts — plus the clauses worth questioning...
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A practical guide to pitching independent bookshops, planning a reading that holds a room, selling copies on the night, and building the local partnerships that fill...
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A month-by-month plan for polishing, ordering and submitting a poetry pamphlet to autumn open calls, from the first stocktake in June to deadline week.
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A practical guide to the three stages of editing a nonfiction manuscript, from structural work to proofreading, plus how to find UK editors and keep a revision...
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A practical, UK-focused guide to planning a book launch, from choosing the right room and date to readings, signing logistics, promotion and going hybrid.
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An ISBN identifies one edition and format of a book. Here's when UK self-publishers and small presses need one, how to buy them, and when a free platform number will do.
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A practical guide to the most common query letter mistakes — wrong genre labels, ignored submission guidelines and wasted opening lines — and how to fix them before you send.
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A practical guide to condensing a full novel into one page without losing the stakes, the voice or the ending.
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A practical pre-submission checklist for poets sending work to UK magazines and pamphlet presses, covering reading periods, cover letters, simultaneous submissions...
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