Writing the Wrongs: Getting Your Ebook Off The Starting Blocks

Writing a book is, for me, like standing in a large room surrounded by fifty-or-so identical plain-white doors. For the novel's plot and structure to fall into place, the doors all need to unlocked, and still you need to guess the combination to the big black door that lies within.

Dramatic as the above may sound, its pretty much a truism for all writers undertaking a major project. But though the doors may be locked, there's plenty of fine advice on the net from those who have located the keys on more than one occasion.

In the course of research for my A Write Carry On book, it's been a pleasure to reconnect with the great talents of British comedy.

Alongside the Carry Ons were the Pythons, the Goons and the Goodies. Their talents, both as individuals and a team, are seemingly sadly lacking from today’s advertising-heavy multi-channel television schedules.

But back to the book (see, this is the trouble with writing, distractions) and Amazon-bestseller Joanna Penn has wise words on how she finds time to write.

Once you are writing what stimulous do you turn to feed the muse? Not as way of encouragement, but here’s a list of the top fifteen successful alcoholic writers:

Now on to The Brighton Magazine's ebook People, Places and Memories, which continues to evolve, with many of you asking about submission deadlines and criteria. On the former, a rough guideline of 1st February 2012 seems viable, with the following month set aside for any re-writes and layout.

A submissions guideline will follow in the next post.

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