READ LIKE A WRITER New Brighton Book Group Specifically for Writers
A former student has been in touch to say that she is starting a new book group open to writers, published, unpublished, absolute beginners and those with considerable experience. This … Continue reading
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Made good use of Bridget Whelan article Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid to write a new story called Waiting for You. Bridget’s article can be found…
Written a play? Find out how to get it staged
Just heard from Spread the Word, the London based literary organisation, that they are launching a programme of topical debates next month. Each season a panel of key figures from … Continue reading
Writing Business for sale on Ebay
This is a bit different… A friend is selling her established writing and literary gift website http://www.writersgifts.co.uk. on Ebay. The website sells the kinds of things any writer, would-be writer … Continue reading
THE WRITER’S JOURNEY TO PUBLICATION: an evening with Brighton’s bestselling authors
Keen to get published? Interested in the creative process? Local authors Julia Crouch, Simon Toyne, MD Lachlan, Emlyn Rees, Sarah Rayner and Kate Harrison have sold over a million books … Continue reading
MONDAY CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE because it’s a good way to start the week: POETRY
This exercise comes from the poet Julia Darling who felt that often we write too literally, too logically or self-consciously, when some of our best work comes from imaginative leaps … Continue reading
Quotations for Writers (and people who like quotations) LINDA NEWBERY
You may be able to cook a reasonable pasta dish, but you don’t therefore see yourself as rival to Gordon Ramsay or Nigella Lawson. Yet, for some reason, it’s a … Continue reading
NANOWRIMO five reasons why I am doing it this year (sort of).
1) Because I’m a slow writer. I want a stick of dynamite to blast me into novel number three while I’m editing novel number two. 2) Because I like the … Continue reading
When would you write for free?
Homespun Theatre Company is looking for new fairy stories for a fundraising eBook. This is an international opportunity… and a non paying one. What do you get if you have … Continue reading
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: psychological horror
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR can take a magnifying glass to the conflict that exists within us – the battle between good and evil – as in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and … Continue reading
Quotations for Writers (and people who like quotations) MARK TWAIN
When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them — then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close … Continue reading
Only a few more days to go for your chance to win!
Leave a comment (a simple “Ah!” will do nicely) and you stand a chance of winning a copy of A GOOD CONFESSION in a raffle that’s running until October 31st. … Continue reading
Submissions wanted: what words have inspired you?
The Fine Line (http://editorial-consultancy.co.uk) is compiling an e-book anthology on the theme of words that inspire. If you’d like to be considered for inclusion, they’re looking for short pieces, no … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 
Spam comments have suddenly got a lot more interesting
What’s going on? Is a new creative intelligence at work in the spam factories? This is how they used to be (up until last Friday): Nice weblog over here! I’ll … Continue reading →