News from me or the wider publishing world
13-19 March is Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2023. A worldwide initiative to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences, the aim is to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported. It’s an opportunity to recognise the talents and advantages of neurodiversity, creating more inclusive and equitable cultures. …
Thursday March 2nd; we’re celebrating World Book Day 2023. The World Book Day organisation is a charity whose mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. …
Daniel David Wallace brings his next event: Perfect Your Process 2023 online summit, running March 24th-27th.
Connect with new writers, learn valuable skills, feel happier and more confident about your writing practices. …
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Fantasy Writers’ Week 2023: Discover the secrets for writing, editing, and publishing a fantasy novel at this free online summit.This year, Fantasy Writers’ Week begins February 27. …
Monday 10 October marks World Mental Health Day 2022. Recognised by the World Health Organisation, the theme is set by the World Federation for Mental Health. This year it is make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority. …
The plot summit, Escape the Plot Forest, returns October 22nd, hosted as always by Daniel David Wallace.
If you’ve missed previous events, this is a virtual summit-slash-writers’ conference with presentations, interviews and workshops for aspiring writers. …
The latest online summit from those nice people at ProWritingAid, Science Fiction Writers’ Week 2022 starts today. Running August 29-September 2, the programme is packed with quality sessions on writing craft and interviews with successful authors. …
Find Your Readers Summit 2022 returns this weekend, delivered entirely online. The summit runs Friday 22nd through Monday the 25th, hosted by Daniel David Wallace. I attend all his events. …
I’ve officially joined the ‘Authortube’ by putting my writing craft audio on YouTube.
Attempting to make the blog more accessible, I’ve produced audio versions of my writing craft posts and put them on my YouTube channel. I guess that makes me part of the movement-slash-industry-slash-‘phenomenon’ that is Authortube.
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It’s time to say Happy New Year 2023!