“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
— Ernest Hemingway
Several years ago, I found myself in a writing predicament. I knew the alphabet, and how to put letters on a page to form words, and…
Is it just me or do the majority of good books have storylines that are really, really depressing? I recently curated a list of my top 100 books of all time and at least 75% of them are tear-jerkers. …
I’ve always been an adventure seeker. The stories I could tell of sparkling cenotes in Mexico, and lost civilizations in deepest Guatemala. Yet, for all my traveling, it’s books that have given me the widest window to the world.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. A man…
Happy New Year!
The start of the year is always a great time to set goals. January is full of hope, inspiration, and motivation. Yet, unfortunately, it is also a time when we are most likely to fail. …
Everyone knows the great classics: Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, etc. But what about the modern classics?
If a classic is a book that has proven popular over a long period of time, then a modern classic is one that has been published in the recent past (typically under…
James Patterson, Lee Child, Jodi Picoult, Patricia Cornwell, Dan Brown — these are just some of the established writers who continue to dominate The New York Times Best Seller List.
In the last five years alone, there have only been seven books to reach the number one spot by debut…
The Curious team are taking some time away from work over the holiday season, so here’s everything you need to know regarding submissions and publication dates over the next couple of weeks.
The last day we’ll be reviewing submissions for Curious is Thursday 23rd December.
The holiday season is almost upon us, and the Start it up team are planning on taking an end-of-year break.
We’ve already been receiving inquiries from readers and writers regarding our publication schedule over the holiday period, so we’d thought we’d put all the details you need in one place…
We don’t need to be told the importance of mental health, yet it’s often the first thing to be neglected in our busy lives. Add to this, a worldwide pandemic, and understandably we’ve seen anxiety, depression, and many other mental health conditions rapidly rise in the last 1–2 years.
Now…
Speaking to my creator friends on and off the platform over the last few weeks, an interesting pattern seems to have emerged; everyone is working doubly as hard. …
