November is National Novel Writing Month, according to NaNoWriMo, an organisation started out in the US in 1999, which encourages people to write 50,000 words in November. That’s about 1667 words a da…
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This month’s sponsors ControlA are keen to help authors with their blogs and social media and are running a one day workshop on Saturday 10th November 2012. Only five places are available and the work…
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Guest post by Tracey Sinclair. I’m not a great networker. While I find it extremely easy to ‘sell’ myself in a one-to-one (or one-to-several) meeting, put me in a room full of strangers and I’m likely…
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We thoroughly recommend Salon London events, the next one on 3rd October at the Adam Club sounds great, here are some more details: For its 30th event Salon takes its Triple X status seriously with X-…
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We can’t wait to go along to Zoe Cunningham’s brand new and free networking event at Shoreditch House, we’re so excited in fact that we thought we should let Byte the Bookers know about it. Tech Talk…
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Julia recently left university, and embarked on a career in publishing, Julia spends all day surrounded by books – from the manuscripts and production copies filling the office, to her overstacked she…
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I guested on Strictly Writing this week, I thoroughly recommend the site for writers everywhere… here’s the article Tell us a little about Byte the Book… Byte the Book is a writing and publishing co…
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We’re intrigued by best selling author’s Louise Voss and Mark Edwards literary lunch next Friday 7th September at 1pm in Teddington. It sounds like a bit of bargain too, just £14.50 for a delicious th…
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Red Button Publishing is a brand new digital fiction imprint. It’s been set up by Karen Ings and Caroline Goldsmith who together have nearly three decades’ experience in trade publishing. They’ve live…
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Zoe wears so many hats that she confuses herself. She’s MD over at Softwire Technology, the Ladies’ World Backgammon Champion 2010, a radio and TV presenter and a volunteer at Ashanti Development. On…
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We don’t know about you but we’re feeling a little bit culture deprived this August, the sport has been lots of fun but we’re keen to get our grey matter working again. If you feel similar you might t…
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Mind Engagement Media have launched their inaugural radio play competition, offering one lucky winner a £200 prize and the chance to have his or her play produced and aired on radio. Applications fro…
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We are really pleased to bring you some non-fiction today, showcasing the introduction to Joe Hayman’s book British Voices: The UK in its own words. The full book is available to buy here. British V…
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We’re very pleased to welcome Jo Sandelson to the Byte the Book family. Jo published the first ever current affairs daily strip cartoon in The Times, called ‘On the Record’ and co-founded an Animatio…
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I’ve made a commitment that every other book I read for the next year will be either self-published or unpublished. Here’s why. I often read to connect with authors (it’s also why I like art: to get u…
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Please welcome another skilled artist and illustrator, Linda Toigo, to the Byte the Book family. This image is called ‘Moby’ and is from her ‘Troubled Waters’ series. Linda is a graphic designer, ill…
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We’re completely loving all the talented artists joining our ranks as our Illustrators’ Showcase slowly grows. Today we bring you the very creative Sam Walshaw. Sam first submitted her p…
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Byte the Book is extremely honoured to have Stuart Trotter join our Illustrators’ Showcase. This image is the cover to his Scaredy Cat book. Scaredy Cat is available via Amazon here. Stuart is…
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I feel very priviledged to be showcasing Aline P’Nina Tayar and her incredibly moving story ‘Losing Touch’, it’s an absolutely stunning piece of writing. Born in Malta and raised in Isra…
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Another brilliant writer on our site, Kate Ansell, and her short story, ‘Emily Meets A Man Who Looks Like Hitler’. Like everyone else, Kate has written a novel. It is about cats. She has an M…
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