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A New Job Requirement for Authors

Who knew that one needed to be so thoroughly tech-savvy to be an author?

by Sherri Rifkin, author of LoveHampton

I’m not just talking about knowing how to create chapter headers in Word (I don’t but I fake it well enough) or being able to change your printer cartridge.  Read more

© Sherri Rifkin 2016-16

Tips for writers 5

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 10:36pm
Promoting your writing (and yourself)

The fifth set of our new pages of tips for writers  Read more

How To Market

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 10:36pm
How To Market Your Writing Services Online

by Joanne Phillips

Recently someone commented to me that I seem to be doing a pretty good job of promoting my writing services on the internet. I was touched by the observation – we writers get so many rejections that a little praise is especially gratifying. And I began to wonder – what does it take to market yourself successfully as a jobbing writer today?  Read more

Outlets for writing

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 1:00am
Some outlets for writers – industry terminology

Traditional printed books - the main sectors

  • General books – fiction and non-fiction titles, called 'trade' in the business. 
  • Children's – child readers represent a a sizeable market.
  • Academic – turn your research into a book.
  • Educational – low
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17 September 2018 - What's new

September 2018
  • ‘The mature, serious novel is the best art form for explaining our complicated lives. It gets all the little shades of meaning and the nuance of the human condition.
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Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2018

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Closing date: 
22 October 2018
Entry: 
Open to all Entry fee £6 for first poem £4 for further poems
Prize: 
First prize £2,000, Second prize £1,000 and Third prize a week-long creative-writing course at the Arvon centre of your choice

Judged by Jo Shapcott and Daljit Nagra  Read more

'The richness of the novel'

17 September 2018

‘The mature, serious novel is the best art form for explaining our complicated lives. It gets all the little shades of meaning and the nuance of the human condition. D H Lawrence called the novel the ‘bright book of life', and it's the art form that has evolved to explain this bizarre adventure we are all on.  Read more

'Don't romanticise your ‘vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no ‘writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.'

— Zadie Smith