Justin Tuijl

I don't like to read my own work, the more I do the worse it gets. I'm not the strongest reader either. Dyslexia doesn't help. I've written 100s of poems, several novels, several shorts and a bunch of articles, non-fiction. Written my autobiography about 3 times. My poems are usually confessional style poems though I dabble (badly) with surreal/beat style. I've lost most of what I wrote pre-2011

On returning to ABC I find there are stories of mine still on here but not editable by me. Not a bad thing as I have a habit of deleting my stuff online. However, I am able to add them to collections, which I have done. So on my profile there are collections of my fiction, poems, non-fiction.

I may add some articles. However, since 2020 my political views changed a lot. Most of the articles and a lot of new content has a political edge. It also means some of the more political of my old content, I no longer beleive in, it's a little embarrasing even.

I've decided not to delete anymore content or delete my profile again.

I did have a lot published on my website but decided to close the website as a publishing platfom. My books can be got at Amazon (99p), Smashwords (free), & Books2Read (free)

Only novels sell. Short story collections and poem collections are hopeless. Even novels are slow, even for free. The market is saturated. Out of interest, here is an article I found about the state of publsihing: https://ideas.bkconnection.com/10-awful-truths-about-publishing

So, writing for pleasure then!

Oh, I have a BA in Professional and Creative Writing and an MA in Novel Writing.