Decisions, decisions, decisions…Wendy Cope QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I think it’s a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it’s better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.Wendy Cope Photo Credit: engin akyurt
Resist the urge to do housework, says Pat Barker. QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Keep your bum glued to the chair. It’s extraordinary how, if a piece of writing is going badly—and sometimes even when it’s going well—other activities become steadily more attractive. Not … Continue reading
What women writers need…Lorrie Moore Quotes for Writes ( and people who like quotes)_
If I had a staff of even one person, or could tolerate a small amphetamine habit, or entertain the possibility of weekly blood transfusions, or had been married to Vera … Continue reading
LITERARY SNOBBERY and the harm it does…
Scottish writer SARA SHERIDAN argues that literary snobbery is a destructive and divisive force. She defines it as a prevailing attitude that prefers male authors to female, sees war as … Continue reading
A new type of publisher is doing something new for women writers
Unbound is a revolutionary new way to get books published. Founded by three authors, John Mitchinson, Justin Pollard and Dan Kieran, all their titles are crowdfunded. Authors pitch their book … Continue reading
Rebel women! A call to write
I’ve just been sent a press release about a new poetry anthology that intends to showcase established and emerging women writers from across the globe. More than than it wants … Continue reading
Quotations for Writers (and people who like quotations) SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER
It is well known that a woman can be in two places at once, at her desk and her washing machine… Sylvia Townsend Warner
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 