Newsletter
Browse the (formerly Unslush) Draft Mode newsletter archive to find exciting tips, tools and links for writers galore.
Your second brain
Growing your newsletter, places to self-publish, organising a writing retreat and a writing tool that connects your thoughts.
Not with a fanfare
What literary agents do, a reading tracker, writing 1000 words an hour, plus some wise words from Nick Cave.
Working at midnight
Mindmapping software, writers and procrastination, keeping your day job, and building an audience around... you.
Ideas come from action
Plus an ace writing tool, how authors promote their novels, working in public, and how to design an ebook.
Small, repeated actions
Authors on beaches, types of short story, what authors really earn, and a manifesto for making good stuff.
You are now in Draft Mode
A new name and home for the newsletter, writing a bestseller, how book deals work and fancy mechanical keyboards.
We're on the move
My last email on Substack, fantasy map generators, a free online writing course and writing tools for on the go.
Stunning libraries, some author stats and how to get your first 1000 subscribers
Plus how Pomplamoose publish every week, another book planning app and writing torture for Douglas Adams.
Book planning with Post-it notes
Plus how to get published (again), writing every day (again), and a new app that has some nifty writing features.
How to make time to write
Plus how famous authors get ideas, writing about real people and a 100-day writing challenge.
