Articles Tagged: writing

A Writer’s guide to online discussion forums

Kristen Harrison, The Curved House

Reading Time: 3 minutes Discussion forums or “chat rooms” are online websites where people engage in conversations around particular topics in the form of a question and answer style thread. A chat room is similar, except the conversation happens in real time. The principles are broadly the same for both forums and chatrooms so this article should give you… Read more »

Website or Social Media: The modern writer’s conundrum

Kristen Harrison, The Curved House

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re considering developing your web presence you are probably wondering whether it’s better to build a website, start a blog, or join Twitter, Facebook and the many other social media platforms available today. If you are lucky enough to have the golden trifecta: time, ability and money, then by all means, do it all!… Read more »

Digital Corsham Lunchtime Talks: Naomi Alderman

Reading Time: < 1 minute Writer Kate Pullinger, Editor of The Writing Platform, is also a professor at Bath Spa University, co-sponsors of The Writing Platform. At Bath Spa, Pullinger runs a series of lunchtime talks, aimed at all the postgraduate writing students who study at the Corsham Court Campus. These talks, Digital Corsham, are given by writers, academics, publishers,… Read more »

A Quick Guide to Facebook

Kristen Harrison at The Curved House

Reading Time: 4 minutes Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites globally, with a little over a billion users worldwide (as of September 2012). If used properly, Facebook can be an invaluable marketing tool for authors. What kind of Facebook Account do I need? There are two main types of Facebook presence: 1) Personal Profiles A… Read more »