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Co-creating a programme for writers, with writers

In the summer of 2019, the novelist Julia Forster and I met at the Free Word Centre in London with an idea for a writing community with a difference.

December 4, 2023
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Blog, Personal, TLC News

Is rejection black and white (or something in-between)? A personal experience

Writer Sara Jane Potter talks about the long journey to publication, and asks if the publishing industry has a diversity problem. I’ve been writing forever. Penning novels for intended

November 1, 2023
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Blog, Personal, Publishing

Bringing The Literary Consultancy’s Values To Life: A Design Brief

In 2022, TLC commissioned Latterly to design brand new, original graphics for our revamped website, including new colourways, buttons, and headers. In this month’s blog, we ask graphic designer

October 1, 2023
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Blog, Personal, TLC News, Writing Craft

Why to say ‘Yes!’ to a Writing Buddy

Four years ago, walking with my dog, I passed an acquaintance out running. Recognising each other from an art class years before, we said hello. An hour later, our

September 1, 2023
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Personal, TLC News

Writing for all – empowering everyone to feel confident with writing

There is an age-old sense of feeling inadequate when it comes to writing. We’ve all heard of ‘imposter syndrome’ – and of course this doesn’t just apply to writing.

August 1, 2023
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Publishing

Becoming a Portfolio Writer

Are you a professional writer struggling to make ends meet? You’re not alone. According to a recent survey by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), the median income

July 1, 2023
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Blog, Personal, TLC News, Writing Craft

Attention and Waiting

‘Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love.’ Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace The title ‘writer’ or ‘author’ sometimes sticks

June 1, 2023
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Personal

Tales from a TLC Pen Factor Competition Winner: The Snake Whisperer

This month’s TLC Blog comes from 2022 TLC Pen Factor Competition winner Johnny Gaunt, who you can read more about in our Showcase special. When I was about 12,

May 1, 2023
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Publishing, TLC News

Could crowdfunding be the route to publishing your book?

Aliya Gulamani is a commissioning editor at Unbound, the world’s first crowdfunding publisher. Here, she introduces crowdfunding as a route to publication, drawing inspiration from her commissioned titles to

April 1, 2023
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Publishing

Is This Memoir Publishable? Dispatches from a Non-Fiction Editor

During my time as an assistant editor at a commercial publisher, we would receive many family history memoir submissions from people who’d inherited wartime stories about their grandparents or

March 1, 2023
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Blog

Turning Life into Literature

Lots of people have valuable experiences that are unique to them that they would like to share, but sometimes these encompass several decades of life and it can be

February 1, 2023
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Blog, Personal, TLC News

Transformations

Many writers agree that whatever we write will only be finished once it is published. In my writing practice, I often find that a certain theme does not want

January 3, 2023