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      Ironblood     Author: Mord McGhee Release Date: November 2023 Description:   IRONBLOOD is a historical saga exploring the raw and complicated story of America’s industrial legacy, which gives voice to humanity’s worst fears yet displays our greatest hopes. A story told through the eyes of characters from various cultures and countries...

      Beneath the Hazel Crown     Author: Anna Kirkup Release Date: November 2023 Description:   ‘She wouldn’t let her friends turn into murderers. Wouldn’t let them do what she had done.’   The comfort of returning to her human home is only temporary for 17 year old Elara Anderson. With barely enough...

a) Don’t use dead language - Toni Morrison     b) Use concrete imagery when you write about large, abstract themes - Wislawa Szymborska     c) Work stories out in your head when you can’t write - Alice Munro     d) Read and draw on wide influences but don’t cram your work with...

  Characters are the heartbeat of almost every story. They generally have two different purposes in a narrative: to be human enough for your readers or audience to identify with them and to contribute to the meaning or message intended by the author. Coming up with characters is as simple as looking to our subject...

  1. Chose a time and location   People often feel like writing at different times of the day. It's an observable fact that many are not in the enviable position of choosing their preferred writing hours. Some good advice is to organise your day around the hours that you prefer to write in. Whether...

Explanations are a particularly unnecessary style of telling. It’s likely that you know by now that both showing and telling are necessary in fiction. But explanations are often the kind of telling that should instead be shown. Or even worse, they might be telling that has already been shown but is being told as well.   If...

    “Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.” William S. Burroughs   “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” Stephen King   “Not a wasted word. This...

      The Half Paper Moon     Author: Melissa Ingoldsby Release Date: November 2023 Description: The Half Paper Moon is a crime drama that touches on themes that are dark, painfully sketched and yet very relatable and real. Connie Alvarez, a young college woman is still reeling from discovering that her beloved girlfriend...

      A Dance of Wind and Shadows     Author: Joshua Abraham Release Date: November 2023 Description:   A Dance of Wind and Shadows is an adult fantasy about redemption and discovering the true self.   Sariel Asheram is the commanding Fae general of the armies of The Haven, the ruling authority of...

      Skylark     Author: Sam Sommer Release Date: October 2023 Description:   Abigale Skylark opens the door to her apartment only to find that her partner of two years has left her and made off with all her possessions. In the ensuing twenty-four hours she will lose her job and receive a...