Monthly Competition for Playwrights
The Painkiller Project is a monthly playwriting competition supported by Arts Council England. Every month two plays are awarded £150. The two winning plays are released fortnightly as audio podcasts (available here). … Continue reading
Competition for Romance and Crime Writers
New Publishing Opportunity for underrepresented writers The Fresh Ink award competition will give Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers the opportunity to win a publishing contract (including an advance payment and royalties) … Continue reading
Is this the Snuff of Good Health? The Brighton Regency Housekeeper ponders…
Mrs Finnegan IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED expert on affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in addition to being housekeeper of The Regency Town House. However, she FREELY ADMITS that there are … Continue reading
When to Start the Second Draft – John Niven QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You definitely need space between the first and second draft. I’d recommend a couple of months…Because if you start the second draft when you’ve immediately finished the first one, it’s … Continue reading
WANT TO WRITE FOR THE BBC? Annual Submissions window is now open
BBC Writersroom’s annual window for unsolicited scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online) is open until 5pm on Wednesday 6th January 2021. Quiet Christmas? Now you know what to do with … Continue reading
Sneezes loud enough to waken the dead – all in a day’s work for Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED expert on affairs of the HEART, MINOR HEALTH CONCERNS and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in addition to being housekeeper of The Regency Town House. Wretched I am and … Continue reading
I’m a very ruthless critic of my own work…Bernardine Evaristo QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I have to be inside the work and also looking at it from the outside as much as you can when you’re creating it yourself. So I’m a very ruthless … Continue reading
Don’t let Anyone STEAL Your Dreams advises Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED expert on affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in addition to being housekeeper of The Regency Town House.Her life is ruled by the following maxim:GOOD … Continue reading
Procrastination: it’s not laziness, it’s fear – Catherine Ryan Howard QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You are afraid that when you actually sit down to start writing the book, it won’t be as good as the idea for the book you have in your head. … Continue reading
LOVE those GLOVES advises the Regency Housekeeper from Brighton
Mrs Finnegan gives SERIOUS ADVICE on affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in addition to being housekeeper of The Regency Town House. I laugh out loud at your journal reports, … Continue reading
…the water is rising – Raymond Carver QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is … Continue reading
Acting and Aprons…the Brighton Housekeeper from the 1830s can tackle any question thrown* at her
Mrs Finnegan is the Celebrated Authority on affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT in addition to being housekeeper of The Regency Town House. TODAY her expertise is required by a thespian … Continue reading
The Life of Mrs Finnegan – PART II The CULTURED Years…Being the TRUE ACCOUNT of the Brighton Housekeeper’s rise to prominence in the 1830s
I am embarrassed and ENCOURAGED and more than a little overcome by how well my very first attempt at telling the story of my life has been received. Thank you. … Continue reading
The Life of Mrs Finnegan PART I The FLAMING RED Years….Being the TRUE ACCOUNT of the Brighton Housekeeper’s rise to prominence in the 1830s
A request has flooded in asking about my EARLY life. How did I acquire such a RICH UNDERSTANDING of human nature? Why do witty quips pullulate so readily from my … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 