HERE IS THE SECOND IN MY SERIES OF FREE CRABBIT’S TIPS FOR WRITERS. This one is Crabbit’s Tips for Getting Published. Last week’s was Crabbit’s Tips for Writing Fiction. For that and the full list, see that post [here at Writers' Dock, or on Nicola's website below - Ed.] Next week will be the one [...]
Nicola Morgan is author of around 90 books, blogger at Help! I Need a Publisher!, and author of Write to be Published and Tweet Right – The Sensible Person’s Guide to Twitter.
MY TWIN DAUGHTERS JOINED A SYNCHRONISED SWIM TEAM THIS FALL. As part of the process of trying to reduce the fees, the team has several fundraisers throughout the year. After the first practice, my girls brought home a sheet of pies to sell (similar to the Girl Scout cookie sheet). At first, the girls were [...]
Jody Hedlund is an award-winning historical romance novelist and author of the best-selling book, The Preacher's Bride. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from Taylor University and a Master’s from the University of Wisconsin, both in Social Work. Currently she makes her home in Michigan with her husband and five busy children. Her second book, The Doctor’s Lady, released in September 2011.
MY UNCLE NAPOLEAN BY THE IRANIAN WRITER, IRAJ PEZESHKZAD, turns on the machinations of the patriarch, Uncle Napoleon, to uphold the honour and ‘centuries-old unity’ of his large extended family. He is insecure and, to overcome his own failures in life, fantasises about being the French Emperor. He presides over the family with false claims [...]
PAUL CORNELL – A NOVELIST, COMICS AND TV WRITER, NOTABLY FOR DOCTOR WHO AND ACTION COMICS – was the guest speaker at the Bad Writing Symposium, held at King’s College, London, last month. He spoke about the concept of genre, its history and how we define it. It was a great talk: humorous, energetic and engaging. [...]
Sophie Playle studied English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the creator and editor of Inkspill Magazine (www.inkspillmagazine.com), and has had over thirty short stories, poems and articles published, and is currently working on her first novel. Read her thoughts on writing, publishing and creativity at www.sophieplayle.com
US AUTHOR ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAS FAMOUSLY ECONOMICAL IN HIS STYLE. He was once challenged, supposedly for the price of his bar bill, to write a complete story in only six words. Hemingway rose to the challenge brilliantly: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. The science fiction writer, Frederic Brown, is also credited with writing one [...]
David Williams is, in order, a family man, a northerner, and a writer. His first commission was thirty-five years ago from BBC Schools Radio. During this time, he has been writing as a part-time freelancer, mainly plays for the BBC, and for education publishers. David now writes full time, and has produced a collection of short stories, 'We Never Had It So Good', and a novel, the thriller '11:59', which reached the semi-final of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2010 and was subsequently published by Wild Wolf.
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