Author: Colin Marks
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I hate to say it, but first impressions ARE important…
Once upon a time I started writing fiction for public consumption just over a year ago. A colleague and I were strolling one lunchtime, joking about a futuristic concept of body recycling when she suggested, probably half-heartedly, that I should knock that into a story and submit it to the Bristol Short Story Prize. As I’m…
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Why would people pay to read my stories?
Last week I read a good discussion on somebody’s blog that basically said you should be pricing your fiction in bands based on the word count. He was saying something along the lines of 0.99c for every 10k to 20k words is a reasonable fee for his output. I really wished I’d kept the link…
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Welcome to my website!
This is a big step for me. Honestly! It may seem small to you, but I’ve never been one to embrace this internet world in which we live!! Years ago when every one was registering domain names in the hope that Pespi or Gap or some other international giant would buy our URL for silly…