Publishing tips round-up: Audible disaster, what readers look for in an author newsletter, and more

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Highlights from the week’s publishing news, plus tips to make your writing life go more smoothly. Keep up with changes in the ebook and audiobook markets, learn to format for Smashwords, improve your author newsletter, and find an audience. … Read more

Submission Call: Enchanted Conversation wants flash fairy tales Submit anytime; pays $5 for up to 500 words

Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine wants fairy tales of 100-500 words for its new flash fiction feature. Payment is $5 per story; submit anytime. … Read more

New book: Cursed with Claws by Asta Idonea

I’m delighted to announce Asta Idonea’s newest novella, a gay fantasy romance called Cursed with Claws. It’s about a young man who is sent by his village as a sacrifice to the local dragon, but finds a very different fate. … Read more

Submission Call: Opossum seeks music-driven fiction & poetry, pays $12/page | No deadline

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Opossum, a semiannual literary magazine of works “animated by music,” seeks poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that is “pulsing with beats, haunted by melodies.” Past issues have included stories inspired by the Oslo death metal scene and the likes of Bob Dylan, James Brown, and Freddie Mercury. They pay at least $12/page, with minimums of $100 for short stories and essays and $75 for poetry and flash fiction. … Read more