by Wyl Menmuir | Sep 6, 2017
Wyl Menmuir writes novels and short stories. His first novel The Many was long-listed for the ManBooker Prize 2016 – one of the most prestigious writing prizes in the world. In this video, he shares with us his best tips on how to start – and then finish...
by Chris Smith | May 31, 2017
Having an author blog is a super-important part of any writer’s marketing toolkit. Your blog is a place where you can test out your writing, get noticed by publishers, engage with readers, build a following and in some cases – sell your work. Whilst it’s great to blog...
by Chris Smith | Jul 15, 2016
How are you planning to find a literary agent for your first book? Indie authors might be smashing the publishing industry but bagging yourself a top agent can still make all the difference to your writing career. And that means you need to know to approach them, what...
by Chris Smith | Jan 29, 2016
Psychologist and author of the bestselling book Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, thinks that highly creative people aren’t like us. But he doesn’t buy into the idea of the creative genius either. People who are highly creative don’t have special minds, but they do have...
by Chris Smith | Jan 14, 2016
Creative types – especially writers – love a good walk. Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf were avid city strollers whilst Wallace Stevens wrote his poetry walking to work: “I write best when I can concentrate and I do that best whilst walking,” he said....
by Chris Smith | May 6, 2015
Some people enjoy writing for the sake of it whilst others want to develop and improve. If you fall into the latter category then read this. Novelist, creative writing lecturer, author of the best selling The Creative Writing Coursebook, Julia Bell is one of the...
