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    Something to Read...
    Karen
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 8 min

    Something to Read...

    So, you might have a voucher from a kind friend for Christmas, have a few days off and be wanting something to read or just stocking up o...
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    Real Pandemics and Science Fiction
    Allen Stroud
    • Aug 8, 2020
    • 6 min

    Real Pandemics and Science Fiction

    Recently I was approached by Guardian journalist Laura Spinney to offer a comment on the way in which the current situation with the Coro...
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    The Art of Reviewing?
    Karen
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Art of Reviewing?

    I was sitting in the audience for a panel, at Eastercon this year, titled "The Art of Reviewing" where some wonderfully interesting indiv...
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    Self Promotion Part 3 - Be a Better Writer.
    Karen
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 6 min

    Self Promotion Part 3 - Be a Better Writer.

    Having been around the publishing industry for a little while now and attended talks and panels with industry professionals, I occasional...
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    January Update
    Karen
    • Feb 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    January Update

    So January didn't quite go to plan, which I think might be an ongoing theme for these updates... I foolishly fell down the stairs while v...
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    Self Promotion Part 2 - Promote in Print or in Person
    Karen
    • Jan 21, 2019
    • 4 min

    Self Promotion Part 2 - Promote in Print or in Person

    Having been around the publishing industry for a little while now and attended talks and panels with industry professionals, I occasional...
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    2019: Back to Wisimir
    Allen Stroud
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    2019: Back to Wisimir

    It's 2019 and hopefully, this will be the year we return to Wisimir. Way back at the start of the decade in 2010, I received a profession...
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    2018 in Books
    Karen
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 5 min

    2018 in Books

    I thought I would share my reading list of 2018, a bit of a retrospective of the year gone by before we start the new year, it's not a "t...
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    Self Promotion... the Art of Getting Noticed - Part 1
    Karen
    • Dec 4, 2018
    • 6 min

    Self Promotion... the Art of Getting Noticed - Part 1

    Having been around the publishing industry for a little while now and attended talks and panels with industry professionals, I occasional...
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    Fantasycon 2018
    Allen Stroud
    • Oct 26, 2018
    • 3 min

    Fantasycon 2018

    So, the event is over, and I'm currently enjoying my first morning off. This weekend will be a slow one, catching up on all the abandoned...
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    Doctor Who?
    Karen
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 4 min

    Doctor Who?

    This week brings a new #DoctorWho and you probably don't need me to tell you why this one has caused such a stir. People have flocked to ...
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    What is a Feminist Utopia in fiction?
    Karen
    • Sep 24, 2018
    • 4 min

    What is a Feminist Utopia in fiction?

    This article contains Amazon affiliate links, if you click on the title of the book it will take you to Amazon if you then make a purchas...
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    Karen
    • Aug 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    Events for New SFF Writers

    Why would new writers want to go to events, which events could they go to and what could they be realistically be aiming for at those eve...
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