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Bringing Story Writers Together

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At GlobalWriters our mission is to 'create a community where writers are encouraged to meet, discuss and support each other'.

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The GlobalShortStory Competition.

Members

  • Mary Marland
  • Ruba Abughaida
  • John Dean
  • Beate Kåresen
  • Emma Jones
  • Lewis
  • Paul Callaghan
  • david hicklenton
  • bernard lord
  • Melissa Kay
  • Gary Severn
  • Brian Royston James
  • Simon Marshland
  • Tanai Cardona
  • Piyush Arora
  • NIharika SRivastava

Creating a global community where writers and readers are encouraged to meet, discuss and support each other.

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John Dean

Ebook usage on the up

Interesting stat - many authors in the US are now seeing 50 per cent of their sales from e-books. In the UK, the figure much talked about is that 30 per cent of hardback sales come when they are converted into e-books. Is it killing the book as some suggest? Personally, although I love hardcopy books, I think electronic opens up new readerships. I know some people are reading my novels for the first time on e-book and that can't be bad for me as an author seeking as wide a readership as I…

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Posted by John Dean on January 27, 2012 at 3:03pm — 2 Comments

John Dean

Don't forget our ebooks!

Certys, the company from North East England which runs the successful Global Short Story Competition, has entered the world of e-books on Amazon with the publication of four titles for Kindle, two anthologies, one children's book and a thriller.

The books include:

Global Shorts - an anthology of short stories taken from the early years of the Global Short Competition and featuring writers from around the planet, including a number of prize winners both in the Global Short Story…

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Posted by John Dean on January 25, 2012 at 10:47am

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John Dean

What is the most compelling thing about your writing? 2 Replies

Writers are a pretty self-critical bunch, constantly analysing what they write and learning from what they do wrong. So here's the question; what is the most compelling thing about your writing? Is…Continue

Started by John Dean in General. Last reply by John Dean on Wednesday.

John Dean

Do you actually LIKE being a writer? 2 Replies

Came across an article on the excellent Guardian website the other day, in which writers explained their approach to the job. Here are one or two of the quotes; be interested to see what other people…Continue

Started by John Dean in General. Last reply by John Dean Jan 19.

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