The Heated Debate
A regular series of debates about topics of importance to writers and the books trade. We invite major contributors and welcome controversy. Let the Heated Debate begin!
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Would you sign an e-book only contract?
Started By EmmaD |
65 | 652 |
Emma. "It's quite a lot."
So, a lot of books being published, a lot of ...View
Latest poster: Ron Blanco 1 year ago
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Why whether you liked a book isn't the point, when you're a writer
Started By EmmaD |
8 | 321 |
As a fledgling, untrained writer, whether another author/reader
likes my ...View
Latest poster: Caf 1 year ago
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Book banding - a possible argument for...
Started By Skylark |
12 | 515 |
A child will always have "inappropriate" material avaliable. In
censoring ...View
Latest poster: Babblefish 1 year ago
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Can the craft of good writing be taught ?
Started By Jacquie |
59 | 807 |
Good question.
I believe that people who are good writers are
born with ...View
Latest poster: Liss 1 year ago
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DO YOU NEED AN ENGLISH DEGREE/BACKGROUND to get published.
Started By LOST BOY |
26 | 1070 |
No. I have worked with writers for years (some on the more
scholaraly end ...View
Latest poster: acorn 1 year ago
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Collaborative marketing
Started By louise |
1 | 284 |
Booksellers do, to a degree - Waterstones did a big ...View
Latest poster: EmmaD 1 year ago
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Campaign to reform the UK's libel laws
Started By EmmaD |
3 | 391 |
Oh good! I'd missed that - excellent news. Thanks for pointing ...View
Latest poster: EmmaD 2 years ago
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Publishers vs. Ghostwriters
Started By Mel |
5 | 439 |
Thanks for all the tips and ideas. I will follow up on some ...View
Latest poster: Mel 2 years ago
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Horribly convincing publishing myths
Started By EmmaD |
2 | 471 |
Ha, some good stuff on there:-) The magic words myth is my
favourite ...View
Latest poster: Inktrailer 2 years ago
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Pesky Prologues
Started By Harry |
35 | 891 |
My prologue isn't a flashback/forward, just an event that is
nothing to do ...View
Latest poster: Freaky 2 years ago
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A publishing horror story for Hallowe'en
Started By EmmaD |
8 | 385 |
Yes, those AbsoluteWrite WaterCooler threads are horridly
compulsive ...View
Latest poster: EmmaD 2 years ago
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Why poetry is worth it.
Started By EmmaD |
32 | 663 |
Yes, it's classic stuff.
I confess, I probably shouldn't have posted any ...View
Latest poster: EmmaD 2 years ago
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Writing historical fiction
Started By EmmaD |
27 | 572 |
Hi, oh absolutely. But I was not writing. I was hoping for contact
and ...View
Latest poster: Bren 2 years ago
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writers who borrow from other peoples ideas
Started By lee |
47 | 758 |
Haha! I like your attitude lee: just coz you're paranoid, doesn't
mean ...View
Latest poster: issur 2 years ago
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Autobiographies - what you love & what you hate
Started By Harry |
19 | 364 |
There's a good review on Walter Kirn’s memoir, “Lost in ...View
Latest poster: Jacquie 3 years ago
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but is crime writing a good market ?
Started By lee |
6 | 374 |
ha ha har mr hazza
i like and i am interested in crime books, ...View
Latest poster: lee 3 years ago
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To Kindle or not to Kindle ? Is it tragic to think that books as we know them may become extinct? Or doesn't it matter?
Started By Jacquie |
23 | 357 |
I forgot about piracy Spangles - how many bands would be number one
if ...View
Latest poster: EzBloke 3 years ago
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Girls and boys – Plots & People
Started By Harry |
22 | 423 |
Funny you should say that...View
Latest poster: john onceupon 3 years ago
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What to write about during a recession...
Started By Jacquie |
11 | 245 |
Pat - you are just such a tease... hee he grrrr
I like the fact ...View
Latest poster: Chanty 3 years ago
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What do we tell young writers?
Started By Linda |
12 | 347 |
Perhaps you should tell her the truth about what you think of ...View
Latest poster: C.W. Brady 3 years ago
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writeing for tv vs writeing for film
Started By lee |
12 | 273 |
Hello T.W.
Although not essential, I find that a good screenwriting ...View
Latest poster: Kim 3 years ago
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words to use instead of swear words
Started By lee |
8 | 906 |
How would you spell Freekin ? As you have done, man-in -the -snow
or ...View
Latest poster: Jacquie 3 years ago
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To novella or not to novella
Started By ProtagarusRa |
2 | 288 |
Actually, I'd say that a group of 3 linked novellas (you probably
need ...View
Latest poster: Harry 3 years ago
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Glitches on this site
Started By Linda |
27 | 386 |
Just to re-itterate what I posted some time ago: CTRL + C will copy
any ...View
Latest poster: Tony 3 years ago
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RE: Why can’t I f***ing swear? - twiggy > Reply #18
Started By Bren |
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When I was working with - ie giving therapy to, a group of kids who
had ...View
Latest poster: Bren 3 years ago
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