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May 3, 2015 By Anne R. Allen 68 Comments

13 Reasons Why You Should Write a Short Story This Month

13 Reasons Why You Should Write a Short Story This Month

by Anne R. Allen Mashable reported this week that the buzzword of the moment is “snackable content”—described as “bite-sized chunks of info that can be quickly ‘consumed’ by its audience.” That’s why short fiction is hot. Ditto creative nonfiction essays. But the word hasn’t reached all writers. Recently I saw a newbie writer ask for […]

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Filed Under: Social Media and Marketing For Writers, The Publishing Business, Writing Craft Tagged With: EBUK, Fuse Literary Agency, how to write a novella, short fiction, Short stories made into films, Short story markets, Why Grandma Bought That Car, Why You Should Write Short Fiction

September 7, 2014 By Anne R. Allen 71 Comments

The Biggest Mistake New Writers Make and 5 Ways to Avoid It

The Biggest Mistake New Writers Make and 5 Ways to Avoid It

by Anne R. Allen   It’s been an exciting week for the blog. Marketing expert Penny Sansevieri named us to the Top 30 Websites for Indies and blog guru Molly Greene named us to her list of must-read “leaders” in self-publishing. (I’m only recently self-published—and most of my work is still with a small press—but […]

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September 30, 2012 By Ruth Harris 26 Comments

The Story that Took 50 Years to Write: an Interview with Michael Harris

The Story that Took 50 Years to Write: an Interview with Michael Harris

  Ruth and I are totally jazzed to announce that this blog has been named one of the Top 50 Blogs for Writers by Tribal Messenger Daily. To be up there with Konrath, Kristen Lamb, and Jane Friedman is an amazing honor. Here’s what they said: One stimulating blog, two of the most prolific digital and print authors […]

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Anne R. AllenAnne R. Allen writes funny mysteries and how-to-books for writers. She also writes poetry and short stories on occasion. She’s a contributor to Writer’s Digest and the Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market.

Her bestselling Camilla Randall Mystery Series features perennially down-on-her-luck former socialite Camilla Randall—who is a magnet for murder, mayhem and Mr. Wrong, but always solves the mystery in her quirky, but oh-so-polite way.

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