Category: <span>Publishing</span>

Category: Publishing

Publishing, Writing

Using song lyrics in your book

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Does ‘San Francisco’ by Scott McKenzie transport you to the summer of love, complete with flowers in your hair? Or maybe ‘Wannabe’ by the Spice Girls sends you straight back to evenings in the uni bar? Nothing taps into our past quite like a song. While certain tunes will be linked to our own personal memories, songs in general can be extremely effective in evoking a sense of time or place, and that can make them irresistible to a writer.

Publishing

Publishing Options

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Not every writer has the same goal. Some want to see their books become bestsellers, some feel they have an important story to tell, while others are just excited about the experience of being published. All are equally valid.

Try to work out what you think you might want from publishing your book. Hopefully then you’ll be able to work out which way you want to go.