Category Archives: writing

#writephoto microfiction: Clandestine by Jane Dougherty

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jane Dougherty Writes: Getting back into writing mode with this piece of flash fiction inspired by Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt. They told her it would only be for a few hours. Already it seemed like a week. The … Continue reading →

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Indie Success –10 things that really matter

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Hans Christian Andersen by Anne Grahame Johnstone There are a lot of articles and reports out there giving various and often conflicting figures about the Indie book market. All seem to agree, however, that the percentage of Indie writers and … Continue reading →

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FREE Blog and Book Promotions with Sally Cronin

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Sally with a reminder about free promotion on her blog. She really doesn’t bite…and always does a fantastic job of showcasing writers and artists… (and you can guest post here too). I know from experience that a great many of … Continue reading →

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The importance of getting home under your own steam from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: First you must remember it had been a very hot day. After all it was the height of summer and about the only thing moving in Port Naain was the tide coming up the estuary and … Continue reading →

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Glimpsed from pensitivity101 #writephoto

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from pensitivity101: Nora couldn’t find Tommy anywhere. Like all little brothers, Tommy was a pain. Nora was going to meet with her friends that afternoon but had got lemonned with babysitting the little brat. She rang Sally and left … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Glimpsed #writephoto

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Sue Vincent

  Use the image to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 13th October and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading →

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Is blogging worth it? 10 reasons why…

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Sue Vincent

One from the vaults: ‘Build an author platform’, we are told. As an author platform, is a blog economically viable? If everyone put a penny in a virtual pot, one for each article they had read in August on Daily … Continue reading →

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Be my guest…

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Sue Vincent

For quite some time I’ve had a ‘Guest Posts’ tab on my menu. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but many people now read blogs on devices that fail to display such menus up front… which is a bit of … Continue reading →

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How to make a living as a writer #amwriting

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I was speaking to a friend this morning, a woman whose writing often glows with lyric beauty, yet who has stopped writing because she could not sell her manuscript and will not self-publish. As a writer, and much as I … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up – Beacon #writephoto

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken beneath a northern sky. It shows one of the network of beacons that cross the UK, many erected to blaze as a trail of over 2,500 lights to welcome the Millennium, some … Continue reading →

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