New Mass Market publishing opportunity for your brilliant idea
I’ve just discovered that Harlequin are appealing for submissions for their new digital series. They want manuscripts of 10,000 words or more and it’s not all frothy romances – see … Continue reading
Free creative writing magazine WHAT THE DICKENS PUMPKIN EDITION OUT NOW
Craft articles, creative writing competitions, author interviews, creative writing exercises, book reviews, social media advice, short stories, even an agony aunt for writers and their plots….there’s so much in it … Continue reading
Have your poem published alongside Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan
Macmillan Cancer Support are inviting submissions for HEART SHOOTS, a poetry anthology that will be published at Easter 2013. The themes are love and relationships, but they are also accepting … Continue reading
Win a copy of A GOOD CONFESSION
For the month of October I’m running a raffle to win a copy of A GOOD CONFESSION – all you have to do is make a comment on one of … Continue reading
TWO international non fiction writing competitions
The Financial Times and Bodley Head have launched an international essay writing competition for young writers. (I admit that I’ve got to the stage where 35 and below looks young.) … Continue reading
Mass Market writing opportunity – especially if you want to release your own 50 Shades of Grey…
If you are interested in writing for women’s magazines WOMAGWRITER’S BLOG is a must read. It’s generous in its advice and up to date in the information it gives (as … Continue reading
Free ebooks to download from two bestselling authors
You wait for one to come along and then… Two Brighton based authors embark on two very different train journeys. We can read the stories that emerged from their travels … Continue reading
Why you hate twitter – still time to enter this free competition
Words with Jam are giving away three mugs (who said you were going to get rich as a writer). All you have to do is tell in exactly 140 characters … Continue reading
Secrets and Spies in the Richard and Judy Book Club List
Although no longer supported by regular television slots, the Richard and Judy Book Club still packs a punch and the autumn selection has just been announced. It is an interesting … Continue reading
The next Christmas bestseller
‘A Week in Winter‘ is a 464-page book of interlinked short stories about the people staying at an old hotel on the west coast of Ireland. As Maeve Binchy’s last … Continue reading
