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The Times: Eager for recognition and acceptance, beginners with a manuscript are dazzled by a promise of publication
The Times: Eager for recognition and acceptance, beginners with a manuscript are dazzled by a promise of publication. Useful article in The Times Online here for all aspiring authors. It can also be read on the Times App (Money Section) which is available for a free 30 day trial and in the papers today.
Mark Bridge has …
40
In forty days and forty nights, I’m going to be… (can you guess?)
Imitation is the best form of Flattry
I have added Flattr to my own posts, and I’d encourage you to add it to yours.
Brit Writers’ legal action against writers – update
Just because a dog that has bared its teeth at you is now wagging its tail doesn’t mean you should give it a bone.
The Coward’s Tale – Interview with Vanessa Gebbie
Today I’m thrilled to welcome Vanessa Gebbie to my blog, to talk about her novel The Coward’s Tale, which launched officially three days ago (7th November 2011). I was lucky enough to have an advance copy to read, and it’s an absolute treasure. The writing is so lyrical I felt as though it was being read …
Brit Writers 3 – The plot thickens
Dear Claire “I’m afraid that this matter is now being investigated and dealt with by our solicitors and they will be contacting you.”… signed Brit Writers
It’s the Book-Recommendation Swap Shop
Here is my proposal. In the spirit of Swapshop, I’m going to tell you what books I’ve read and enjoyed this year and my top 5 recommendations for Christmas gifts (or your wish lists). In return, could you please tell me the top 5 books you’ve read this year that you would recommend?
What does a pear taste like?
How do you describe the taste of a pear to someone if you have never tasted one before? And, more importantly, how would your characters describe it?
A new layer of bureaucracy?
“Please only apply if you feel your work is of a high standard.”
All about the Image
“I want it to look like me, only better,” I said. “I want it to say ‘friendly’, but also ‘wise’. I need to to make my eyes look bigger and my face less fat, but I don’t want you to retouch it to do that. Is that OK?”
Interview with Mike French
“When you want something for so long it’s like being surrounded by it – like the possibility forms a bubble around you – you hope it will burst and you’ll see it come to life but over time the bubble just gets bigger and you feel smaller and smaller within it until you’re not …
Pumpkins and such.
If this time last year, when I was still waiting to hear from my first batch of agent submissions on my novel, you’d told me that you had the power to see into the future and that in September 2011 I’d be invited to Bloomsbury’s 25th birthday party as part of a star studded …
Ode to books
My name is Claire and I like books made of paper.
The Novel Edits (Part 1)
It’s starting at last. The Night Rainbow is on the move, on its way to becoming a book. And the first step is…edits.
Room of One’s Own.
Nourishment, inspiration and seeds of creativity…
Interview with Jonathan Pinnock
It seems clear to me that the only way Charlotte could cope with marriage to Mr Collins would be to become a laudanum addict. Especially if she happened to bump into Lord Byron
The Unsleepers
Read Jonathan Pinnock’s flash ‘The Unsleepers’ at The Front View here.
Truth and Silence
Read Alison Wells’ story Truth and Silence at The Front View here
£12.99*
It’s not always just about satisfying a hunger. What about the nourishment and delight you get for your time and money?
Time to Write – Fancy that?
Literary lunches, Workshops, Bedtime Stories and time to write. Yes! I am finally going on my first writing anything.
