Ditch Your Day Job!
The easiest way to make a living as a writer (updated for 2016!)
This short (and free!) book shows you how to use our Date-A-Base Books (see below) to make an easy full-time living as a writer.
You’ll learn how to write and sell anniversary-based articles that editors and readers will love. It’s packed with clever bits, time-savers and cheats, including: how to guarantee you’ll get paid for everything you write, how to sell the same article to multiple markets, how to alter the word count without rewriting anything, and lots more.
How to Win Short Story Competitions
Two writing competition judges discuss everything they know about entering, judging and (most importantly) winning short story competitions, in an easy-to-follow question and answer format.
You will learn exactly what judges are looking for, how scoring systems work, how to score highly in every category, what impresses judges the most and what turns them off, how to write an exceptional short story, which types of competition give you the best chance of winning, how to avoid being disqualified, and much more.
The Fastest Way to Write Your Book
Why spend a year or more writing your book when you could write exactly the same one in just a month? With multiple books or series on the market you could turn your hobby into a well-paid business. We also show you the fastest ways to get an agent, get published, sell your books, and more.
Finish your book 10x sooner with this easy, step-by-step guide.
Suitable for all levels. Covers fiction and non-fiction. Professional results guaranteed.
The Fastest Way to Get Ideas –
4,400 Essential What Ifs for Writers
Instant inspiration for short stories, novels, articles, non-fiction books, characters, plots, settings and more!
What Ifs are one of the easiest ways to come up with great ideas for things to write about, even on days when your brain refuses to work!
With the help of this book you’ll easily come up with great stories packed with fully rounded, three-dimensional characters, fascinating and memorable plot twists, interesting locations, and all sorts of other ideas that will leave your readers thinking:
How on earth did you think of that?
The Date-A-Base Book 2016
Details of over 3,450 newsworthy and notable historic anniversaries in 2016 for you to write about (and make money from). Includes significant events, discoveries and inventions, and famous births and deaths from the UK, USA and worldwide. Specially formatted for ease of use. Events are listed months in advance to give you plenty of time to write about them. Fully cross-checked for accuracy.
>>Click here for full details and a sample chapter
The Date-A-Base Book 2017
Details of over 3,800 newsworthy and notable historic anniversaries in 2017 for you to write about (and make money from). Includes significant events, discoveries and inventions, and famous births and deaths from the UK, USA and worldwide. Specially formatted for ease of use. Events are listed months in advance to give you plenty of time to write about them. Fully cross-checked for accuracy.
>>Click here for full details and a sample chapter
Next Year’s News 2018
Details of over 5,000 newsworthy and notable historic anniversaries in 2018 for you to write about (and make money from). Includes significant events, discoveries and inventions, and famous births and deaths from the UK, USA and worldwide. Specially formatted for ease of use. Events are listed months in advance to give you plenty of time to write about them. Fully cross-checked for accuracy.
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