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 […]
Stepping Stones to Success
Stepping Stones to Success When I first started writing, I thought there were three steps to getting published: Write a novel Get an agent Get a publishing deal Sounds easy […]
Raising the Visibility of Women in Non-fiction
The Literary Consultancy is delighted to be supporting The Thinking Woman’s Writing Award, set up by author Kate Jegede. Applications will open 14th September for the Award, which will gift […]
On Literary Fiction, and Literary Snobbery
Recently I read an article dating back to 2014 where novelist and journalist Will Self posed the question “is the novel dead?” The inference being that literary works, unlike genre […]
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 […]
The Tricky Question of Genre
Emily Brontë never worried whether Wuthering Heights fell into New Adult or Adult, Jane Austen didn’t lose sleep about whether her tone was too literary for her target market. So, […]
TLC and Unthank School of Writing Partnership
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Unthank School of Writing following feedback we received in our recent client survey, which attracted hundreds of responses from our dedicated […]
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 […]
TLC Launches Quality Writing For All Campaign
The Literary Consultancy is delighted to announce that we are among the 9% of National Portfolio Organisations to have been granted an uplift in funding from Arts Council England for the […]
TLC at the Northern Writers’ Awards Roadshow
To launch the 2015 application season for the Northern Writers’ Awards, which TLC supports with its Free Reads bursary scheme, regional writing organisation New Writing North toured four northern cities to meet […]
Christmas Gift Vouchers
TLC Christmas gift vouchers are now available, redeemable against manuscript assessment, mentoring (fiction, non-fiction, short stories, poetry and scripts), and TLC events. Gift vouchers can be purchased in multiples of £25, […]
TLC Mentee Publishes with Ebury
We are thrilled to share that Beth Miller, who in 2009 won a mentoring award through a scheme run by TLC, has had her first book When We Were Sisters published by Ebury […]
