Rising Star 7 : considering aspects of being a publisher

BeWrite Books are a small publishing house specialising in fiction. To some extent they are a model of what we want to be. [...]

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Rising Star 6 : How is Star developing?

Where has ‘Sunken Star’ got to and how am I moving it forwards? [...]

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RS 5.1 : today

Today I felt well enough to work on the book ‘Ted’, and this is how we came up with some key plot material last week while on holiday. [...]

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Rising Star 5 : first two drafts of subram1 the book

Two approaches to the same weird maths book: one complete, the other still highly experimental. [...]

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Rising Star 4 : how will we be special?

Most publishers have reduced the services they provide. [...]

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Rising Star 3 : so where have we got to in setting up this publishing business?

There’s a lot to think about in setting up a business, but matters are in hand. [...]

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Rising Star 2 : how can Adam become a publisher on a shoestring?

How can one person with little money set up a small publishing business successfully? Because of two major changes in the world of technology. [...]

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Rising Star 1 : subversive ramblings the book

The genesis of an idea: let’s set up a small publishing company. [...]

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Rising star 0 : A new category

The first of a new series about how a real novel is being written (the easy bit), and how the author attempts to sell and then publicise the end product. [...]

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Savour your dreams, hold on to the twilight, roll up your sleeves

Are dreams a good source of ideas? If so, how do we get the best from them? [...]

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Life at the top

I recently heard a powerful and moving quote from best-selling thriller writer Jack Higgins (aka Harry Patterson), author of  ‘The Eagle Has Landed’.

Apparently Higgins was asked if there was anything he wished he had been told when younger. He replied, “I wish someone had told me that when I got to the top there would be nothing [...]

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Stories

Excerpt from blog “Campfire Writing: Why Stories are the Writer’s Elemental Tool” by David Masters [...]

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