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Why, No sex? Enter them as YA.

Thanks PJ!! I'm going to enter. I know... I have changed my tune about entering contests now. What? Ah, life is fickle, and timing is everything. :) @Hannah Faoileán - that is a brilliant guide to YA.

There’s a scenario most aspiring writers are likely to have fantasised about. They submit a stellar idea to a literary agent, who in turn contacts one of the ‘big four’ publishing houses. Everyone loves it and, after a bidding war, one lucky...

Author Eithne Shortall started her writing career as a newspaper journalist. Her first novel, Love in Row 27, became a bestseller when it was published in 2017, and her second book, Grace After Henry, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards and...

Well obviously, James Charles. Though AI may be looking for its trans human hook up.

It’s a big, big operation. I spoke to one of them a few months ago, recorded it, and it will be on YouTube when we return there (along with lots of other video goodies I’m storing away). Much of it originates from 3rd world countries, or at...

Mi Mi Mi , Be a doe.

I can make it, yay. Sign me up.

Won't make this one, unfortunately. I'll be at the first dog agility show of the year! (Summer must be coming!)

Also sign me up, Jonny!

It's not hard to imagine platforms like Kindle developing a feature that leverages this model. Publishers who are savvy might license their catalogue to train Kindle's AIuthor for this very purpose. It's a Brave New World.

Thanks PJ!! I'm going to enter. I know... I have changed my tune about entering contests now. What? Ah, life is fickle, and timing is everything. :) @Hannah Faoileán - that is a brilliant guide to YA.