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Jan 2024
Wanted: Your Feedback
Hello! The CFA website has been updated today. You’ll still find all the other bits and bobs but they’re now on the main menu. Click news to read posts (like this one) and articles (like this one) from the CFA team and our author contributors. There’s a new members/ social section created to test out ways of displaying content from CFA Author Members. We have hundreds and hundreds of author
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Jan 2024
January 1st: Admin Update
Hello and Happy New Year, Addicts! The website has been updated today to add interviews to the archive with: Brian Price, David Arrowsmith, Andy Barrett, Guy Gardner, Bill Todd, AJ Aberford, Conrad Jones, MK Turner, Mark Romain, Michelle Medhat, and Lucy V Hay We’ve also uploaded the CFA 2024 reading challenge bingo card & challenge list. Shortly, we’ll be scheduling the 52 featured author interviews for the year so if
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Dec 2023
Writing fact vs fiction
Writing fact vs fiction By LM Milford On the surface, it would seem that news writing and fiction writing are poles apart. One is concerned with truth and fact, the other with making stuff up, respectively. However, I would attest that they are nearer than we think. When I was a 15-year-old on work experience at my local newspaper, one of the senior reporters asked why I wanted to be
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Nov 2023
Spooky Shorts 2023
It was a tight run race for 2023 with the poll leader changing throughout the vote, but our winner for 2023 was Ali Gunn with Never Trust a Clown (reproduced with permission below). Honourable mentions go to Guy Gardner for The Door & Donna Morfett for Cassie which took home 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Many thanks to all our author contributors for their fantastic short stories. And here
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Oct 2023
October Kindle Unlimited Highlights
I asked CFA members which books & series they’ve most enjoyed with their Kindle Unlimited subscriptions. There were far too many include in one post so here are a few of your top picks for Best of KU. Please note, Kindle Unlimited titles can be pulled from the catalogue without notice. These books were checked on the 25th of October 2023 at which time all were confirmed to be available
This year, we’re running the world’s first free crime fiction advent calendar. Each day of advent, you’ll be able to claim one eBook from some of the finest writers around who have come together to give you a free, festive treat. Check back on the group each day of advent to get yours!
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Oct 2023
Spooky Shorts 2023
It’s just thee weeks ’til Halloween. Our spooky challenge to you is to write a short story (around 1500 to 5000 words) featuring a supernatural or Halloween-themed crime. This one isn’t just for the professional authors. If you’re a reader thinking of dipping your toes into the world of writing, shorts are a great introduction. Free editorial advice and simple eBook covers are also available to make it as easy
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Sep 2023
So You’ve Got a Book Deal. Now what?
Last month, Red Dog Press closed its doors. The month before that, Sandstone Press collapsed into liquidation with rights subsequently sold on. The result of small presses going under can be devastating. Authors (and other creditors) may not get paid. Rights to books can be auctioned off forcing authors into business relationships they never envisioned. The knock-ons can have a lasting impact. Series get orphaned, works in progress wasted. Pipeline
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Sep 2023
Newsletter Round Up September 2023
Author newsletters are a strange beast. You stick your email into a box & you may have to no idea what you’ll see land in your inbox. To find out, we asked CFA’s authors what you can expect from their newsletters. Click on their name to sign up or find out more. Wayne Kelly runs the Joined Up Writing podcast where he interviews a different author each week. If
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Aug 2023
It’s Free Fix Friday (11th August 2023)
Every Friday we rummage through the Kindle UK store to find you the best free fiction. Whether you’re on a budget or just love being frugal, Free Fix Friday is your chance to load up your Kindle with new books and just maybe you’ll find a new favourite author or series. This week’s top picks: