Writing competitions might save your life. Unless you’re keen on starving for your art, in which case you should probably stop reading now. Writing competitions are the lowest common denominator of literary prizes. And I mean that in the best way possible. Because we may be living in an era when writing competitions have become the new – if…
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5 Things Emerging Authors Should Be Writing
If we knew what was sure to sell, wouldn’t we all be writing it? Aye, there’s the rub. But some types of fiction lend themselves more to breakthrough bestsellers than others. Here are 5 of them. 1. The “Dammit, I Could’ve Had That Idea!” These are the books we all could have written if we’d only thought…
Tara Sparling writes 