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ideas4writers is the ideas and inspiration website for writers, journalists, broadcasters and producers.

Whatever you write, produce or broadcast, and wherever you are in your career, we have everything you need when it comes to ideas and inspiration.

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What if everything broke when you tried to use it?

Thousands of newsworthy, fact-checked historical anniversaries,
listed up to five years in advance.

  • Packed with ideas for articles, TV and radio features, films, documentaries, biopics, events, exhibitions, and more.

  • The perfect ideas source for writers, journalists, broadcasters, producers, production companies, and event planners.

  • Available as a PDF ebook or printed paperback.

  • All ebooks come with a free Excel spreadsheet
    so you can sort, group and search the anniversaries any way you like.

  • Each annual edition costs £12.95 (approx $16.19)
Ditch Your Day Job 2023

The easiest way to make a living (or earn extra cash) as a writer.

Leave that job you hate. Stop struggling to pay your bills.

This free guide shows you how to write articles for newspapers, magazines and websites – and how to sell every article you write.

It’s free, it’s easy, it tells you everything you need to know, and there are some really useful bonuses too.

Why write one book a year when you could write ten?

These energizing and motivating step-by-step guides will help you write, edit, publish and sell high-quality full-length novels and nonfiction books in just a few days.

Learn the secrets of how professional authors (such as these) write and publish bestselling books in the fastest time possible – so you can do it too!

All three books are available from Amazon as Kindle e-books or paperbacks.

The Fastest Way to Write Your Book: Second Edition by Dave Haslett (image of front cover). Become a more successful writer.
The Fastest Way To Write Your Book. (Second Edition)
from £6.99 (approx $8.59)
The Fastest Ways to Edit, Publish and Sell Your Book by Dave Haslett (image of front cover) Become a more successful writer.
The Fastest Ways To Edit, Publish And Sell Your Book.
from £4.99 (approx $6.10)
How to Win Short Story Competitions (second edition) by Dave Haslett and Geoff Nelder (image of book cover)
How To Win Short Story Competitions.
from £2.99 (approx $3.65)

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