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Publishing Guide: What to Consider Before Self-Publishing an Ebook

Many authors self publish these days, that way they can avoid the hassle of dealing with editors, and slow moving corporations. Even some established  authors have switched to self publishing because they have more control over their book and even their profits. However self publishing is far from straight forward. This article is not intended…

Writing Prompt: The 3 Minute Warm Up

This is a writing technique that is very popular for screen writers. However it seems to work well for writers of fiction and poetry. I always enjoy doing this writing exercise even if I am not stuck. When I am in the middle of writing something else, doing this exercise before going further helps my…

Letter from the Editor

Welcome to Issue Four of Authors Publish Magazine. Our mission is to get you published. We want to help you from start to finish. That’s why we give you writing prompts, publishing guides, and reviews of publications accepting submissions. If you’ve ever wondered whether you should self publish or go the more traditional route, then…

Review of Softblow

Softblow is an online literary journal. They are based out of Singapore but they publish only English language poetry. They publish work by only three poets every month. Softblow usually publishes 3-5 poems per poet, and they are placed on the same page, underneath the Author’s biography. Softblow is a great place to be published…

Letter from the Editor

If you want to get published, we’re here to help. Our mission is to guide writers through the process of publication, and to make it as easy as possible for your words to reach the right audience. That’s why we send you reviews of literary journals, and guides to various aspects of the process. This…

Review of Pyrokinection

Pyrokinection is a literary journal that publishes only poetry. If you are a beginning poet that is just starting to submit your work then Pyrokinection is a good place to start. They are an online literary journal that publishes new work regularly. Pyrokinection has a high acceptance rate. They accept over 60% of what is…

Print Versus Online Journals

Print journals have been around for a very long time, you can submit to journals that are going into their sixth decade, and have published many famous poets, dead and alive. Online journals are clearly a much more recent establishment. Blackbird, one of the first online literary journals, just celebrated their 11th anniversary.  There are…

Review of Fiction365

Fiction365 is an online journal that publishes flash fiction and short stories. They publish one story for every day of the year. They also pay a small amount for every story they publish. Which is very unusual for an online journal. The stories they publish vary in length from around 100 words up to 4000….

Writing Exercise: Favorite Words

When you are stuck, and you don’t know what to write or how to start a piece, this prompt helps free your imagination. It is a very simple prompt but a little bit time consuming. This prompt works best on paper, but in a pinch you can do it on your laptop. Start writing down…

Three Tips for Submitting Your Work

If you have never sent your creative writing out to a literary journal before, the experience can be intimidating. Many productive writers try to avoid submitting. But there is no real way around it if you want to get your work out into the world. The Reviews on this website can really help you know…

Writing Prompt: Eavesdropping

One of the best ways to learn how to write natural, compelling dialogue, is to listen to people. Not necessarily people you know, because  you’re likely to get caught up in the conversation yourself and that makes it less about observing and more about discussion. Instead, to really get a good feeling for how different…

Review of The Adroit Journal

The Adroit Journal  is a print journal. It was started by a high school student named Peter LeBerge several years ago.  He is now in college, and most of the team of editors and readers behind it are also in college. You would think a young person might not take editing a literary journal as…

Review of Connotation Press

Connotation Press is one of those rare literary journals which is open to a wide variety of writing and creative pursuits. Not only do they accept poetry, fiction, and creative reviews they also accept movie reviews, video poetry, essays on art, and screenplays, among other things. Connotation Press is willing to accept for consideration almost…

Writing Exercise: The False Letter

A lot of writers complain of having writers block, an inability to come up with new things to write. Sometimes this happens when you are between projects, other times it happens when you have not written for a while. Occasionally it will happen in the middle of a project, when you cannot think of what…

Letter From The Editor

Welcome to the first issue of Authors Publish Magazine. We’re a small magazine, but with big ambitions. Our primary ambition is to help you, our readers, get published. That’s why we send you reviews of publications accepting submissions, and articles that help you build your career. We also provide you with a little bit of…

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