SA-Aslam
@sa-aslam.bsky.social
Author. #shortstories #novellas #mysteries #realism Amazon: http://amzn.to/2IXvd27
Draft2Digital http://bityl.co/RWOF
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England
Draft2Digital http://bityl.co/RWOF
Website bityl.co/HAmT
England
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SA-Aslam
@sa-aslam.bsky.social
· Sep 24
My short stories, including 'Gentlemen's Agreement and Other Stories', are now available on #hoopladigital
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#indieauthors #publishing #shortstories
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#indieauthors #publishing #shortstories
My short stories, including 'Gentlemen's Agreement and Other Stories', are now available on #hoopladigital
bitl.to/55rc
#indieauthors #publishing #shortstories
bitl.to/55rc
#indieauthors #publishing #shortstories
September 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My short stories, including 'Gentlemen's Agreement and Other Stories', are now available on #hoopladigital
bitl.to/55rc
#indieauthors #publishing #shortstories
bitl.to/55rc
#indieauthors #publishing #shortstories
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When the Second Draft Feels Like a Step Back: buff.ly/NgZK3q5 by Janice Hardy #wkb26
When the Second Draft Feels Like a Step Back
Why second drafts often shock writers with the amount of work required, and three ways to make it easier. Great post from Janice Hardy!
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September 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When the Second Draft Feels Like a Step Back: buff.ly/NgZK3q5 by Janice Hardy #wkb26
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Speaking of horticulture, some scenes from my garden
August 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Speaking of horticulture, some scenes from my garden
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Brand-new publisher Acorn & Ink is seeking shorter works--10,000-15,000 words. But...its terms are horrible: a flat fee and no royalties for a 20-year (!!!) contract, or royalties with a back-end vanity arrangement (no royalties till £300 recouped) AND a 20-year contract
August 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Brand-new publisher Acorn & Ink is seeking shorter works--10,000-15,000 words. But...its terms are horrible: a flat fee and no royalties for a 20-year (!!!) contract, or royalties with a back-end vanity arrangement (no royalties till £300 recouped) AND a 20-year contract
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Embrace the Process: buff.ly/wSIAigG by Sue Coletta #wkb31
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August 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Embrace the Process: buff.ly/wSIAigG by Sue Coletta #wkb31
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The right type of editor: buff.ly/Ghv1ZUX by Daphne Gray-Grant #wkb8b
The right type of editor | Publication Coach
You know editing is important. But do you know the five different type of editing and how to hire the right type of editor for your book?
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August 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The right type of editor: buff.ly/Ghv1ZUX by Daphne Gray-Grant #wkb8b
'My Life as an AI Hallucination—Why AI isn’t Always a Scammer’s Best Friend', by @annerallen.bsky.social
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My Life as an AI Hallucination
I've been hit by a barrage of scam emails addressed to strange women with my name. I think AI hallucinated that we're all the same person.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
'My Life as an AI Hallucination—Why AI isn’t Always a Scammer’s Best Friend', by @annerallen.bsky.social
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'Avoid These Common Book Title Mistakes That Can Tank Your Sales' by Penny Sansevieri
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#books #sales #authors
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#books #sales #authors
Avoid These Common Book Title Mistakes That Can Tank Your Sales
Discover the most common book title mistakes that hurt discoverability, confuse readers, and sabotage sales.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Avoid These Common Book Title Mistakes That Can Tank Your Sales' by Penny Sansevieri
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#books #sales #authors
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#books #sales #authors
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New #WriterBeware blog post: a new & aggressive marketing scam from overseas. Many of you will already be familiar with the highly personalized solicitations typical of this scam; these also illustrate how essential generative AI has become to publishing fraudsters writerbeware.blog/2025/08/01/r...
Return of the Nigerian Prince: A New Twist on Book Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
Marketing scams have always been plentiful. Over the past year or so, though, they’ve really surged. I’ve written about one type of marketing scam–the “friendly author” social media scam, in which som...
writerbeware.blog
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: a new & aggressive marketing scam from overseas. Many of you will already be familiar with the highly personalized solicitations typical of this scam; these also illustrate how essential generative AI has become to publishing fraudsters writerbeware.blog/2025/08/01/r...
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Deep dive into the Unbound disaster
The Observer is on a bit of a roll with exposing publishing bullshit. I hope they dig further into Unbound and specifically who spent the author royalties.
Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
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August 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Deep dive into the Unbound disaster
'It requires structure, routine, and a decent amount of discipline.'
How Do You Balance Creativity and Career? buff.ly/FLxykTe from Fox Print Editorial #wkb31
How Do You Balance Creativity and Career?
Anyone building a creative career is running their own business, serving as CEO, CFO, CTO, and every other position—including manufacturing the product. It's a lot, and much of the work is not…
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July 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
'It requires structure, routine, and a decent amount of discipline.'
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The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
July 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
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Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Cushendall’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Cushendall’
Artist: SR Badmin
July 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Cushendall’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Cushendall’
Artist: SR Badmin
Bloggers Are Still Important to the Publishing World, but They're Disappearing annerallen.com/2025/07/blog...
Bloggers are Disappearing!
Bloggers are still essential to the book marketing world, but we're often disrespected and over-worked, so we're quitting.
annerallen.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bloggers Are Still Important to the Publishing World, but They're Disappearing annerallen.com/2025/07/blog...
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What makes a story not just engaging but impactful and memorable? Author Rachel Toalson helps us get to the heart of our stories, today at WU.
How to Find the Heart of Your Story
We’ve likely all read those books that are fast-paced, exciting page-turners and been utterly sucked in, only to reach the end, put it aside, and not be able to recall anything about the story week…
writerunboxed.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
What makes a story not just engaging but impactful and memorable? Author Rachel Toalson helps us get to the heart of our stories, today at WU.
How To Drill Inside Your Villain's Head, by Debbie Burke @burke_writer annerallen.com/2025/07/how-...
#authors #writing
#authors #writing
How to Drill Inside Your Villains Head
Villains need to be believable--not cartoons. Writers need to get inside their heads and find out what makes them tick.
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July 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How To Drill Inside Your Villain's Head, by Debbie Burke @burke_writer annerallen.com/2025/07/how-...
#authors #writing
#authors #writing
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What's it like to get an offer of representation from a literary agent? What can the author-agent relationship look like? buff.ly/Igqqs5Y
June 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
What's it like to get an offer of representation from a literary agent? What can the author-agent relationship look like? buff.ly/Igqqs5Y
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The Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale is finally here! Now's the time to let readers know where to find you. Help us build the hype so we can connect readers with your books!
www.draft2digital.com/blog/the-202...
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The 2025 Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale is finally here! - Draft2Digital | Blog
Now is the time to start telling your readers where to find your books in the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale!
www.draft2digital.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale is finally here! Now's the time to let readers know where to find you. Help us build the hype so we can connect readers with your books!
www.draft2digital.com/blog/the-202...
www.draft2digital.com/blog/the-202...
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Good writing involves taking risks and telling the truth. How do we overcome our vulnerabilities to do just that? Author Emilie-Noelle Provost helps us to overcome self-censorship, today at WU.
Free Yourself and Your Writing Will Follow: Killing Self-Censorship
Anyone who’s ever taken a writing class knows that good writing cannot be created without taking some sort of risk. It’s a maxim that holds true for just about every form of art. If you only presen…
writerunboxed.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Good writing involves taking risks and telling the truth. How do we overcome our vulnerabilities to do just that? Author Emilie-Noelle Provost helps us to overcome self-censorship, today at WU.