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Keeping My Writing Current

Motivation It’s easy to start writing. Finishing is tricky. I started writing fiction for teens because my experience was there after supporting literacy in schools. Doing research for a

December 1, 2022
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Blog, Personal, TLC News

On Unfashionable Writing

The writer’s path, as we know all too well, can be a lonely one. On occasion, it must be admitted, it weighs you down. One afternoon a few weeks

November 1, 2022
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Blog, Writing Craft

How I Approach Editing

I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a good editor recently. Mainly because it’s amazing how many people don’t know what an editor does, apart from apparently ‘dotting

October 1, 2022
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Blog, Publishing

Is profit a dirty word? Running a publishing company as a business

Innovative, diverse and ethical: just three words we may associate with the small press industry. A small press, defined via the British Book Awards, could have between 1 to

September 1, 2022
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Blog, Personal, Writing Craft

How to Keep Writing When You Feel Like Giving Up

After two years of pandemic and countless other troubles, it seems many people are struggling. Social media and industry surveys tell us that publishing staff, agents and writers are

August 1, 2022
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Blog, TLC News

On Giving Yourself Time

Lately, when I’m asked how I balance novel-writing with the other stuff in my life (the parenting, the activism, the general admin of existence), I say to break everything

July 1, 2022
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Blog, TLC News

Reflections on ‘rejection’

Firstly, can we writers please ban the word ‘rejection’ from our lexicon? The very word itself cuts deep, with resonances of romantic heartbreak, of being unloved and unwanted, alone.

June 1, 2022
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Blog

Develop Your Creative Practice – How I Applied

When I was thinking of applying for my DYCP grant I had heard how another writer had got this incredible and competitive grant. I was flabbergasted that an artist

May 1, 2022
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Blog, Publishing

Being Heard, Being Seen, Being Read – How To Promote Your Non-Fiction Book

Writing non-fiction books can be hard work, translating historical events into the present day, recounting challenging real-life experiences, or critiquing artists and their work to say something new are

April 1, 2022
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Blog

Movement and Creativity

Creativity is an expression of the incredible marvel of being human. To move is to express this, and if you move every day you will deepen your relationship with

March 1, 2022
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Blog

How to Get the Most Out of Feedback

Receiving feedback can present a conundrum for writers. We might want it, we definitely need it, but it can also be scary, daunting and perhaps difficult to find. My

February 1, 2022
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Blog, TLC News

The Poet’s Work

For the last few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about the hard work poetry demands. For years I was shackled to the idea that all a poet needs

January 2, 2022
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