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May 2012

In Defence of Self Publishing – An Interview With Acorn Press

As the self-publishing debate rumbles on, I’ve got a couple of posts from both sides of the fence.  First up, the case for the defence.

Leila Dewji

Leila Dewji is Editorial Director of Acorn Independent Press, a company helping authors who want to self-publish but don’t know where to start. Leila studied English and worked as a journalist before moving into book publishing and in 2010 she set up Acorn Independent Press with her brother Ali.

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You Are Not A Writer: Why Opinion Matters

Another guest post from Lucy Redland, who also wrote a post about the pros and cons of getting a literary agent in a post a few weeks back.

Over the last decade or so, it seems as if there has been an explosion in the numbers of writing courses and workshops available. From postgraduate degrees to courses run in local libraries, everyone can take a writing course now.  But does that mean everyone can be a writer?

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The Book Blogger Files #4 – The Lit Bitch

In this latest book blogger profile, I chat to historical fiction and travel enthusiast The Lit Bitch about King Edward, Harry Potter and sinking your teeth into a good reading challenge.

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Young, Single and Free of Venereal Disease? You too could be a romantic hero…

A second guest blog from Rose McConnachie – on subjugation, syphilis and Twilight.

In my previous guest post, I ranted about the inherent confusion in the romantic fiction world between abuse and wooing. In this post, I hope to rant about some other stuff.

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Feminism in Romantic Fiction

A guest post by Rose McConnachie.  *Warning – contains spoilers.*

The first historical romance I ever read was The Flame and the Flower, by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. To brutally summarise, the plot followed thusly: 16 year old, beautiful, slightly Irish heroine Heather (orphan, raised and abused by a cruel ugly country aunt and spineless uncle) is sold into what turns out to be sexual slavery in the sweaty fleshpots of LONDON.

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The Book Blogger Files #3 – Rob Around Books

Continuing my journey through the secret world of book bloggers, I spoke to Rob Burdock – also known as Rob Around Books – about Just William, eBooks and the Father of History.

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