In issue 5 High Priestess of British Steampunk Liesel Schwarz reveals her path to publication, and self-published fantasy author Ben Galley reveals how he became a successful ‘authorpreneur’. Anna Lewis looks at why self-publishing isn’t all about digital. For traditional publishers, digital is sometimes seen as a dystopian nightmare - but Alastair Horne examines some ideas from science fiction that offer the promise of a positive future for publishing.

Keith Mansfield finds inspiration closer to home, seeing spaceships in the London skyline; writing coach Tom Evans suggests we can tap into ideas from the future; and Matthew de Abaitua offers advice on creating strange new worlds.

There’s also advice from literary agent Nelle Andrew of PFD; and Suzanne Collier of bookcareers.com has some great tips on networking. On the social media front, there are guides to producing online video and using WordPress categories and tags.