Writing Handbooks
Inspired Creative Writing serial
Over the next few months we'll be offering excerpts from the stimulating Inspired Creative Writing by Alexander Gordon Smith from the brisk and entertaining 52 Brilliant Ideas series. This month, the Introduction and Limbering Up:
'This isn't a rulebook. It's a collection of the hints, exercises and priceless nuggets of information I've picked up over the years as a writer, editor and publisher... I hope that the ideas in this book will give you a good understanding of the process of writing, but more than that I hope it inspires you, gives you that burning, insatiable passion to write. If it doesn't, I haven't done the craft justice.'
Review of Whitesmoke software
'So, if you are looking for a tool to improve your productivity writing business emails and short letters, Whitesmoke has a great deal to offer.'
London Book Fair Masterclasses
Led by top authors, the London Book Fair/Daily Mail Masterclasses are running again this year in conjunction with The Arvon Foundation. The LBF is much earlier this year, so the Masterclasses are on Saturday 4th March at ExCel, the Fair’s new venue in Docklands.
American copy editing
Divided by a common language - American copy editing versus English. Chris Holifield looks at the needs of American and British writers, and also considers what kind of copy editing you might want if you are writing in English but it is not your native language.
International Book Fairs
We have revised our list for 2006. Check it out to see if there's one you can get to, as it's a good time to see the publishing world in action.
Copy editing and proof-reading
'Perhaps, as an author, you feel you do not understand what copy editing is, or why you should need it.' The 16th article in the Inside Publishing series looks at copy editing and proof-reading and when writers need them.
