Exclusive to New2theScene! A six part serialisation of author M Jonathan Lee's life in writing. Complete with tips and encouragement from the author of six published novels - shortlisted for The Novel Prize in 2012 - and mental health campaigner. The obstacles he's overcome, and the journey he's on, is truly inspirational. Read the series here, and only here, for free!

New part released each month.

Discover someone new. Read competition entries from past winners and be inspired by the story and the author.

Giving back is a choice made for personal reasons. Find out about challenges and events we're organising, as well as what we've contributed to.

Discover a new author, and their books, by reading their journey into literature. Be inspired by their origins as we give a spotlight to those authors in our community who want to interact with you but can't fit in our bookstore (at the moment).

If you're an indie author who wants to write a 500(ish) word, 5 minute read about your origins, contact us and we'll always endeavour to help our community.

Our first series, ‘Zero to Published?’, is a set of follow-on blogs, written by a wannabe author as he journeys through self-doubt, rejection, finding purpose (and maybe recognition?), with the dream of becoming an author. Can he go from zero to published?

New post each month