Beyond the book

If you want to raise your author profile, look at other opportunities related to your manuscript, or understand what do to next if you’ve been unable to publish, this section offers a number of useful advice articles.

Article

7 min read

Becoming an Author

Melissa Harrison

7th January 2014

Edited

10th December 2024

In this article, Clay author Melissa Harrison explores how much more there is to the business of writing, aside from the writing process itself. Here...

Blog

2 min read

How to make your book stand out

Wanda Whiteley

12th September 2013

Edited

8th December 2020

I have been working with a thriller writer who’s done very well selling his self-published e-books, so much so that an agent has sought him out...

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Article

4 min read

Getting Plugged Into the Writing Community

Simon P. Clark

24th July 2013

Edited

10th December 2024

What a strange world writers inhabit.

We can live in a different country to someone who means so much to our work – an editor, an agent, a...

Article

7 min read

Writers & Artists

27th July 2012

Edited

16th September 2020

An understanding of the rudiments of copyright law is extremely important to any professional artist, whether selling original work or reproduction...