Author: Liam O. K. Selby

  • (Flash) Fiction Friday – Living Your Life

    (Flash) Fiction Friday – Living Your Life
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    Welcome back to another Friday of fiction! Up for your reading, consuming, devouring, or just perusing pleasure, I have a short piece that I wrote recently for a writing competition. As I didn’t quite cut it on to the longlist, I thought I could potentially post it here. While I’m not sure that I should… Read more

  • Types of Editing: Choosing the Right Editor for Your Manuscript

    Types of Editing: Choosing the Right Editor for Your Manuscript
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    In a running theme with my previous post, this post also comes about due to the uncertainty that many writers have around the world of editing. I am commonly confronted with the realisation that many new writers don’t know what kinds of editing exist. More often than not, I am approached by someone who wants… Read more

  • 5 Questions to ask yourself before approaching an editor

    5 Questions to ask yourself before approaching an editor
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    When is the right time to approach an editor? This is one of the most common questions I receive from new writers and aspiring authors. There is often a great amount of uncertainty around this point, or often this doesn’t seem to be taken into consideration when I am approached by newer writers. If you’re… Read more

  • (Short) Fiction Friday! #1

    (Short) Fiction Friday! #1
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    Welcome, readers, to my first (Short) Fiction Friday post! This is something I have wanted to do for a while now but only got around to now. While I started this blog near on two years ago, I have only recent found enough freedom in my daily grind to actually sit down and get writing… Read more

  • Jozi Flash 2017

    Jozi Flash 2017

    It’s not quite the Gummi Bears, but it certainly bounces around a lot. Jozi Flash 2017 combines the talents of ten brilliant authors with one gifted artist, to bring you a collection of 80 flash fiction stories across eight different genres. From a children’s story about the folly of summoning dragons, to the horrors held… Read more

  • Event: PCAF

    Event: PCAF

    Last weekend I had the pleasure of volunteering at the Perth Comic Arts Festival (PCAF) held at the State Library of WA on Saturday and the WA Museum Boola Bardip on Sunday. Though I already had high hopes going into the event, I was still absolutely blown away! Saturday kicked off the festival in the… Read more