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Fiction Industry News – Amazon and Pay-Per-Page

Posted by Chrissey Harrison - 17th August 2015

Last month the self-publishing community had a little freak out over Amazon’s new payment model for books borrowed through its Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending Library schemes. The initial backlash was disproportionate, due mainly to media outlets failing (accidentally on … Continue reading →

Follow Friday – The Awesome Comics Podcast

Posted by Chrissey Harrison - 14th August 2015

Continuing our podcast themed Follow Fridays for August, today we’re recommending The Awesome Comics Podcast! New on the podcast scene (epidode 1 came out in July), The Awesome Comics Podcast charts the quest of Vince Hunt (The Red Mask From Mars), … Continue reading →

Fiction Submissions Re-Open!

Posted by Chrissey Harrison - 10th August 2015

We’re quite a small team here at The Great Escape and sometimes we do overcommit ourselves. While we were deep in pre-production and production phases of Gabriel Cushing at the Carnival of Sorrows, other areas of the site did get shoved … Continue reading →

Follow Friday – Writing Excuses

Posted by Chrissey Harrison - 7th August 2015

Our third episode of Breakout is coming out next week! To celebrate that our contribution to the podcast world is finding its feet, our August Follow Friday posts will all be about other podcasts we follow. Today Chrissey recommends Writing Excuses. … Continue reading →

Coming up in August 2015

Posted by Chrissey Harrison - 3rd August 2015

Coming up in August on The Great Escape: Wednesday 8th August – Short Story – “Defective” – Young sorcerer Peter faces a daunting challenge when he’s expected to demonstrate powers he doesn’t have in this new flash fiction story from TGE author Chrissey Harrison. Wednesday … Continue reading →

Follow Friday – Zooppa

Posted by Rich - 31st July 2015

Follow Friday is our weekly look at Twitter accounts that have followed us recently or we have followed, and deserve a shout-out for offering something a little bit different. This week, we’re giving a shout-out to Zooppa! Zooppa is a creative … Continue reading →

Events News – August 2015

Posted by Rich - 27th July 2015

Welcome to August’s installment of our guide to what’s happening in the world of films, fiction, comics and arts outside of the world of The Great Escape. Indie Film Festivals The Adventure Travel UK Film Festival, London (14th-16th August 2015) – devoted to … Continue reading →

Follow Friday – 101 Words

Posted by Rich - 24th July 2015

101 Words is a site devoted to user-submitted short stories that are exactly one-hundred-and-one words long. Site creator Shannon started writing 101-word stories for their site back in 2005, but it wasn’t until 2007 when the site really came into its … Continue reading →

Hellbound Media at Horror Con

Posted by Chrissey Harrison - 23rd July 2015

Mark Adams and Matt Warner of Hellbound Media took their comics to Horror Con just over a week ago and while they were there they captured the event to share with us. Check out some of their photos! There’s more photos … Continue reading →

Follow Friday – ComicsAlliance

Posted by Rich - 17th July 2015

ComicsAlliance is a website devoted to all things comics – serials, graphic novels, online content and more! Covering news, reviews, interviews and opinions on everything from the latest issues of DC comics to bizarre manga from yesteryear, they take a … Continue reading →

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