The 500 Word Writing Buddy

Burning to write your novel? And publish it? But don’t know where to start?

This book will reveal how to:

• structure your book


• develop your characters


• introduce conflict


• weave setting and plot together


• edit and prepare your manuscript for publication

You’ll learn about:

• mainstream and self-publishing


• genres


• marketing and selling your book

And about living the writer’s life:

• why you write


• your writing place


• interacting with other writers


• the write/life balance

Based on a successful series of articles in The Deux-Sèvres Monthly Magazine, this guide has been brought up to date with ten additional articles from the original edition plus a new section on genres.



A new writer's companion in short sharp and succinct bites. Written in easily digestible chapters, this guide shows the path into today's new publishing environment and draws on the author's ten years' experience of writing and publishing.