TLC Launches Self Editing Courses
TLC is delighted to announce two new tutored courses on self editing, offered online and developed in partnership with expert tutors.
TLC’s Aki Schilz Named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
TLC’s CEO Aki Schilz has been announced as one of 62 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature.
Wellbeing for Writers Forum: Publishing
So you have a publishing deal, now what? How can we navigate what wellbeing means once we’re published. What changes, what doesn’t, and what do we need to ensure that writers can truly thrive?
Wellbeing for Writers Forum: Pitching
What are the challenges to sustaining wellbeing when pitching work to the industry? How can we manage our expectations in order to move forwards, and not get stuck?
Abourachid Named TLC Pen Factor Winner 2023
The winner of the 2023 TLC Pen Factor Prize has been announced as Ptissem Abourachid
The Need for Narrative
The need for a narrative is hard-wired into we humans, the emotional significance encoded in the acts of telling and reading stories imprinted on our conscious and unconscious minds. We […]
Why Writers Need a Business Mindset
A steep learning-curve As well as writing all my life, I’ve also spent all my working life in education, in some form or another. This meant that when I left […]
The Art of Letting Go, or The Strange Case of the North Surrey Gigantopithecus
When novelist and TLC reader Ashley Stokes set out to write a short story, he was overtaken with a madcap story about a shouting man named Kevin, and a beast […]
Sarah Leavesley Novella to Mantle Lane Press
Claire relives her past but her memories are fragmented, shattered like the remains of a toy kaleidoscope. A troubled childhood, the loss of her baby, and the end of her […]
Craft: Why It Matters
I run a local writing group – Wear Valley Writers – and we’ve occasionally had new members who’ve turned up, said they’re poets, and read us a few of their […]
TLC Writers’ Day 2016 – 20th Birthday celebrations & TLC Pen Factor Writing Competition
Saturday June 11th 2016 The speakers were sparky, the pitches gleamed, the cake was sumptuous. TLC’s Writers’ Day drew a driven bunch of writers, creatives and industry pros to celebrate […]
Journeys to Publication: Two Case Studies
Traditionally, writers have come to TLC for assessments with a view to sending their work to agents. Now, however, we are seeing increasing numbers of writers who either come to […]
