© Bridget Whelan
If you want to use any of this material contact me and there is a very good chance I will say YES.
However, if you just cut and paste into your own blog or whatever and pass it off as your own then there's a very good chance I will find out. Don't fall into the trap of thinking the internet is so vast and expanding so fast (note the fancy internal rhyme)] that no one will know.
Yes, absolutely! Any deadline is brill … I can barely do anything without a deadline so used to deadlines from a working life
Self imposed are OK too e.g I will write a poem’ story or whatever by Friday. then when achieved stick a gold star in ones diary against the day. The ones you buy in stationers.
May sound pathetic but frankly I will do anything to keep myself going.
Love your gold star strategy – think I wlil start using it myself! And competitions are good even if for no other reason they give you a deadline.
Wow, this looks FAB! Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. Have RT it on Twitter.
Thanks for the retweet. I’m no expert on publishing contracts but the advance & royalties look to be at the kind of level you’d expect from a proper company & they make a big point of stressing that tehy won’t use anyone’s work unless they win which is nice to see. Wish all competitions had the same respect for copyright.
Reading through their brief is an education in itself to this particular market. Go for it!