Advice for writing book-shaped things and getting them traditionally published. This series will cover everything from querying to agent fit, to building a platform and marketing yourself.

Seren and Dom live on a spaceship where choice is rebellion. But when they dare to fall in love, the taste of freedom is so sweet they don't care about the consequences. I'll be posting the full story of The Loneliness of Distant Beings on Wattpad before my second book, The Glow of Fallen Stars, publishes on 24th August 2017. Find both books on Amazon or in your local bookshop: www.amazon.co.uk/Loneliness-Distant-Beings-Book-Ventura/dp/1510200169 www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Glow-Fallen-Stars-Book-Ventura/1510200185 *** Seren's life might be confined to a tin can hurtling through space, but she wants more. More life. More passion. And the impossible: to feel sunshine on her skin. But then she meets Dom, and he changes everything. Suddenly her dull grey life becomes technicolour. She's not meant to love him, but to lose him would be like losing herself. She's determined to keep hold of what they have, no matter how dangerous ... 'It is that quick, that strong, that beautiful. And it is also totally impossible.'

He was a billionaire, I was a bellboy, can I make it anymore obvious? It all started one fateful afternoon in summer of 2012. I was working as a bellboy at the Trump Hotel in Hong Kong on an internship program. This was my first time in a big city. It was all I could have ever dreamed of, and more. But little did I know, it was all about to change. Follow me on twitter.com/aguywithnolife Please note, this story may contain mature humor that isn't suitable for all ages.

Do you want to write great stories with tightly-woven, interesting plots and believable characters? Do you want to develop the tools and discipline to assemble the pieces, and overcome writer's block, disappointments, and technical problems? Then it's time to put method to the madness and engineer your stories. Engineers learn ways of thinking that help them achieve the ultimate goal of delivering an elegant design that is beautiful and functional. In this book, I will show you how the same techniques and thought processes that can put together a Boeing 787 will help you turn that back-of-napkin idea into that beautiful, solid story you've been dreaming of. No calculator or periodic table required!

How to get the story out of your head and on the page. A collection of blog posts full of writing tips and encouragement. Writing is an ongoing learning experience and whether your a successful novelist or about to pen your first book, there's always room for tips and encouragement. I'll be posting weekly instalements here and I hope you find something that helps you with your writing. Cheers! And if you're thirsty for more, I've compiled some of my most popular writing posts all in one place on my blog under the 'For Writers' tab.

Ally was practically invisible. She had her mom, store clerks, and those moments in school when someone bumped into her. Oh, and of course she had her blog. Ally's blog was actually very popular throughout the city and she would be too if she didn't use her cover name 'Mavery'. Her secret has been well kept for quite a while, no one knows except for her and her computer, but then of course there is a new kid in town who just so happens to bring in complications. Maybe its time for Mavery to finally log out. **constantly being edited** Cover by execvtion

because we teenagers have been perfected.

"I want to grow up" Did you say it when you were a kid? I know I did. Have you regretted growing up at some point in your life? Have you wished you could be a careless child once again? I know you have. Everyone has. The more you grow the bigger the challenges, the obstacles, the pain. Life gets serious. You get serious. You forget to smile at the morning sun shining down your face. You are too absorved by your problems to notice the beautiful world surrounding you. And when life gets hard, you wish more than anything to turn back in time and be that small child who did not know anything when he said "I want to grow up"

❝What would you do to find your Prince Charming?❞ Everyone knows your first kiss is supposed to be the most exciting thing in your life. For Grace Carter it just so happened to take place in a janitors closet with a boy she doesn't even know. Now with the memory of a kiss she'll never forget, with a boy she doesn't even know, she decides it's time to find her Prince Charming once and for all. Kissing half the boys in your class is hard enough, but kissing half the boys in your school is a whole other problem. Firstly, she has to figure out a way for them to actually kiss back. Secondly, her best friend thinks she's crazy for even thinking a guy like him exists. Thirdly, she can't help but wonder if it was all in her head to begin with. With senior year almost ending, and the boy in the janitors closet still a secret, Grace is willing to do whatever, and kiss whomever, to find her mystery man. Even if she has to leave a trail of broken hearts in her wake to find him.

"Everyone has secrets." James has a problem; he cuts himself. He is in love with his best friend, Chloe, but is too afraid to tell her. His father is attracted to the bottle, and his mother wears fake diamond rings on her finger. James' world is crumbling. The razor is his only companion and the slits on his thighs and arms remind him of who he is: "Cut Boy."