HB spotted this from The People's Friend on X recently "We're thinking of summer! Especially summer fiction! Kick off your flip flops and get writing! All our genres and our word counts, please!"
Thinking about summer is very tempting at the moment. I'm sharing some sunny pictures to get you in the mood.
Here's a verse and/or spoken word competition. They want pieces prompted by the objects in the photos. Winners will share £2,000.
I stumbled across this site, which offers free competitions and other potential benefits to members. I can't actually recommend them as I'd never heard of them before, but they make the claim that entering will 'Get your work in front of industry professionals and a wider audience. Stand out with podcast interviews and biographies on a platform where people are looking for new talent.'
My news
I'm going to make more effort at marketing my books this year. So far I've signed up for some online promotions (if you use KU you might like to take a look at this one) and am booked to take part in a small literary crime festival in Lee-on-the-Solent on 28th March.
Anyone got any brilliant book marketing tips?
I'm going to make more effort at marketing my books this year. So far I've signed up for some online promotions (if you use KU you might like to take a look at this one) and am booked to take part in a small literary crime festival in Lee-on-the-Solent on 28th March.
Anyone got any brilliant book marketing tips?
2 comments:
Thanks, Patsy. I also note that TPF have slightly tweeked their word lengths for serials as below if it affects anyone. Good luck with your publicity drive - I hate that, which is why I do nothing with my stories once sold!
Alyson
The People's Friend
@TheFriendMag
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Jan 15
If you're a 'Friend' serial writer, please note that our word counts are now 4500 for a first instalment, and a max of 4200 for subsequent instalments. Thanks!
Many thanks Patsy. I think even I sent a nice summer story to TPF, it'd be rejected! It's nice to see that woman's weekly have an puzzles and fiction extra in their occasional issues ( there's been one out recently ) and that the stories in there are new ones and not re- prints.
Nothing much to report apart ,from poems in a local paper and stories in an e-mag and online projects .
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