Writing Magazine September 2018 Edizione posteriore

EXCLUSIVE this month, with your Writing Magazine:

How to Perfect Your Submission - Tips from a Publisher
Publisher, author and consultant Scott Pack offers a definitive guide to the publishing package and everything you need to include to give your manuscript submission its best chance of success.


AND In this month's main magazine:

Check out the latest competitions and opportunities to get published in this month's Writers' News – there's £48,800 in writing prizes to be won and over 40 opportunities to get published.

Author advice
• We explore ways of getting your writing to new readers, with details of how to run a memorable author event, and how to approach schools to set up school visits.
• Should you be happy with a small boutique agency or hold out for a big hitter?
• Will your young editor understand your older characters?
• The value of listening to your characters

Industry insight
• Innovative publisher Clare Christian considers whether publishing needs a new business model.
• Womag writers are up in arms at new rights terms from Woman’s Weekly. We explain the controversial new terms and their impact.
• Why are author incomes falling? Agent Piers Blofeld calls publishers to account.
• Where the weird world’s at – explore the fantasy publishing landscape.

Interviews and profiles with authors of all levels, including:
• Star interview with gangland crime bestseller Jessie Keane, talking about the no-holds-barred approach that makes her Queen of the Underworld.
• Chick-lit bestseller Carole Matthews charts her writing day and recalls how she got her first break in Writing Magazine!
• Explore the life and career of the father of modern bestsellers – Mark Twain
• Novelist Kerry Fisher explains how she straddles the worlds of feelgood fiction and domestic noir