What place sets your heart on fire? International poetry competition
Holland Park Press Ltd publishes literary fiction and poetry, placing special emphasis on bringing the work of Dutch authors to the English language market. This year they are running a … Continue reading
Did you know 80,000 novels are written every day…140 characters at a time
Over 400 million tweets are sent every day – that’s the equivalent of over 80,000 novels. Source Intel photo credit: Vainsang via photopin cc
A book trailer you will never forget
Picador have gone to a lot of trouble to promote Lottie Moggach’s debut novel Kiss Me First in the hope that it will become this summer’s bestseller. They got the … Continue reading
Craft Fair at the Friends Centre – Brighton’s Independent Adult Education Service Thursday July 11th from 1pm to 7pm
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: Magic for grown ups
photo credit: Iguana Jo via photopin cc Magic Realism is a literary genre where extraordinary and magical things happen but – and this is probably the defining quality – the … Continue reading
Did you know that on this day 23 years ago Harry Potter was born
On June 30th 1990 J K Rowling first had an idea for a story about a young boy attending a school for wizards. She was on a delayed train journey … Continue reading
Quotes for Writers and people who like quotes STEPHEN KING on why bad writing is good for you
What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer than to realize his/her work is unquestionably better than that of someone who actually got paid for his/her stuff? One learns … Continue reading
Did you know that more photographs were taken….
….in 2012 than were taken in all the 150+years since photography was invented. Source: Hugh Laurie on BBC Radio Four Desert Island Discs photo credit: Martin Gommel via photopin cc … Continue reading
CELEBRATING — INDEPENDENCE
Today is the beginning of Independent Booksellers Week – a national celebration across the country bringing together readers and writers, booksellers and book buyers. I know some people – even … Continue reading
Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers SPOKEN WORD RECORDINGS
BBC Radio Four commissions more radio drama than any other station in the world. It ranges from The Archers, an everyday story of country folk that is 62 years old … Continue reading
Writers going it alone together — a look at three publishing houses finding a third way in publishing
I was intrigued by a recent article in The Guardian about the launch of Notting Hill Press, a new co-operative set up by a small group of authors who have … Continue reading
Call for Poems: Holiday Poems Wanted (something’s gone badly wrong with my attempt to reblog…read on and bear with me!)
photo credit: Christos Tsoumplekas (Back again!) via photopin cc
Did you know these LITERARY NAMES were invented by authors?
This post is really about the dangers of being seduced by research. It all started with a tiny snippet of irrelevant information on twitter telling me that a popular girl’s … Continue reading
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: ROMANCE
This is a lucky dip romance…. Pick your numbers and you’ll have your characters, what brings them together and what keeps them apart. All you have to do is write…but … Continue reading
