Pete Kalu’s top tips for writing non-cliched multicultural characters
theguardian.com – Wednesday September 16, 2015
Who does the washing up? How many kisses on greeting? Why avoid writing about Indian weddings? The award-winning playwright, poet and novelist Pete Kalu shares how to create multicultural characters that are well rounded but not cliched
Self-Publishing and Living the LLC Dream
huffingtonpost.com – Wednesday September 16, 2015
I've always wanted to be a writer, and as a child I imagined my name on the cover of several novels. As I've grown up into a digital age, the possibilities for being a writer today seem endless, and nowadays one doesn't have to rely on the mercy of large publishing companies to grant you your dream come true as self-publishing has fully come into its own in the publishing world.
Author Cornelia Funke Launches Own Publishing Company
publishersweekly.com – Wednesday September 16, 2015
In an unusual move, bestselling children's author and illustrator Cornelia Funke, whose fantasy series Inkheart and Mirrorworld have been globally popular, cites creative differences with her U.S. publisher, and a growing wish to be free of restrictions on her artistic output, as the motivating factors in her decision to start her own press, called Breathing Books. Funke's partner in this endeavor is Mirada Studios in Los Angeles.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Wednesday September 16, 2015
National literary magazine. Publishes short stories, including flash fiction and short shorts; literary nonfiction, creative personal essays and lyric essays; and poetry.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday September 15, 2015
Publishes short stories up to 3,000 words (submit up to two at a time) and poems (submit up to six of any length).
New Literary Agency Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday September 14, 2015
Actively seeking commercial fiction and nonfiction.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday September 14, 2015
Publishes themed anthologies of poetry, stories, and essays. See website for themes of current calls for submissions.
The vanity presses
abc.net.au – Sunday September 13, 2015
Hundreds of Australian authors pay thousands of dollars to 'vanity publishers', often based on unfulfilled promises that their books will be widely promoted and distributed here and overseas. Hagar Cohen investigates the dubious practices of one Australian publisher as she tries to find the authors' books in any bookstore.
Writing Out Gender Bias
huffingtonpost.co.uk – Friday September 11, 2015
The Nine Worlds Multi Genre Convention arrived in London at the beginning of August and I had been invited to speak on two panels. Being a huge science fiction and fantasy enthusiast and writer, I was delighted to attend. Nine Worlds is proof that you don't have to be a nerd or fan to enjoy science fiction, fantasy and gaming. Personally I don't like to use the term 'fan' as it implies that anyone who follows a TV show or a band is a nut job. We're generally not.
Unlearning to Write
slate.com – Friday September 11, 2015
The first thing you learn when you set out to teach writing is that you will never teach anyone to write well. It's a cruel joke universities play on humanities grad students. As you're preparing to step into a classroom, they assign you an impossible task, one they cloak with a label like "Introduction to Rhetoric" or "Expository Composition." Here are 20 undergraduates, they say. Show them how to make their prose sing. Staring your new charges down, you begin to speak. Your voice cracks. They see the fear in your eyes.
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