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Step One: Throw Self in Bear Pit

More from the redoubtable VanderMeer and Booklife on The Discovery Process: Improving Your Abilities. I don’t think any writer should ever get to the point where they think they know everything about writing – or that they don’t need an editor. You should be honest about your abilities and know what your strengths and weaknesses are … and if you
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Sekret – Part II

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Last Drink Bird Head – Promote Literacy

A very good book for a very good cause: promoting literacy.

Team VanderMeer have put together this anthology for ProLiteracy. So, you get to help out (thus increasing your karma-credits) and you get a fantastic read – look at those writers, look at those names! Nothing wrong with any of this.

What Is Last Drink Bird Head?

That’s the catalyst editors Ann and
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On the Fine Art of Submission

I’ve had quite a few people with queries about the how of submitting stories to magazines and journals in the last couple of weeks. So I thought I’d pull out the ole soapbox again and take up some real estate at Speaker’s Corner. I know I’ve banged on about submission guidelines before, so some of this will be well-trodden ground.
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