GET WRITING FIT FOR 2019!

Welcome…

It’s the time of year, in magazines, on TV, in adverts

Turning the page

Writing Magazine experts and guests share their thoughts

Ten resolutions to help you sell your writing in 2019

Will 2019 be a good writing year? It very well could be, if you follow Patrick Forsyth’s advice

New year,new writing habits?

Are you stuck in a writing rut? Margaret James urges you to revitalise your way of working to make 2019 the year your writing shines

I wish I’d known…

‘There are so many things I wish I had known before

Get your business writing fit

Simon Whaley helps you get your writing business fighting fit for 2019

THE WORLD OF WRITING

Advice from the best, inspiration everywhere and new ways to win – tips and trivia from the wide world of writing, curated by Derek Hudson

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We want to hear your news and views on the writing world, your advice for fellow writers – and don’t forget to tell us what you would like to see featured in a future issue…

Helpline

Diana Cambridge solves your writing problems

Editorial calendar

Strong forward planning will greatly improve your chances with freelance submissions. Here are some themes to consider for the coming months.

Fit FOR PURPOSE

Your tech problems solved, by Greta Powell

Go public

Plan on meeting your public in 2019, urges Patrick Forsyth

Novel Ideas

Lynne Hackles says it’s far from a cat-astrophe if you include pets in your stories

One word

A chain of thoughts can swiftly be created from a key word, says Patrick Forsyth

DIGNITY AND RESPECT

The Society of Authors has backed initiatives to tackle bullying and harassment in publishing and the creative industries. By SoA chief executive Nicola Solomon and head of communications Martin Reed

On Writing

Tony Rossiter explores great words from great writers

From the OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK

From the other side of the desk No matter what the

ASK A LITERARY CONSULTANT

Helen Corner Bryant advises a writer on getting her NaNoWriMo MS published

BEHIND THE TAPE

Expert advice to get the details right in your crime fiction, from serving police officer Lisa Cutts

Music

Get tuned in to music research with expert advice from Tarja Moles

OcCuLt HiT

Solid research, historical curiosity and the all-powerful ‘what if?’ fuelled Deborah Harkness’s All Souls paranormal romances, she tells Tina Jackson

How I got published

The debut YA author tells Dolores Gordon Smith how she switched to writing for a different age group to win a competition

The style & technique of RAY BRADBURY

Tony Rossiter looks at a writer whose best-known novel is astonishingly prophetic

Shelf life: JESSICA FELLOWES

The writer of Downton Abbey companion books and Golden

CIRCLES’ ROUNDUP

If your writing group would like to feature here, whether you need new members, have an event to publicise or to suggest tips for other groups, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk

SUBSCRIBER SPOTLIGHT

Share your writing success stories. If you subscribe to Writing Magazine and would like to feature here, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk

EMMA MORGAN

The debut author tells Adrian Magson how she is proof that industry mentoring schemes work

75Away from your desk

Get out of your garret for some upcoming activities and places to visit

KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS

The bestselling gangland crime writer tells Lynne Hackles why she’s happier writing the late shift

WHERE IS THE mystery cash?

After repeatedly chasing payment for a particular story

FREE RANGE writing

With National Storytelling Week at the end of January

Home Again

The little patch of sun spends its morning drifting

Making music

Learn harmonious word use from the structure of a piece

MONSTER

I’m nearly at the door. Only a few more steps. My heart’s

It’s all in the mind

An idea can be the beginning of much more than you initially imagine, says Adrian Magson

Under the Microscope

James McCreet puts a reader’s first 300 words under his forensic gaze

Go faster stripes

Jane Wenham Jones has good advice for a writer who

A question of identity

Helen M Walters uses a short story by Ruth Prawa Jhabvala to explore creating identity in fiction

The writer’s roadmap

Working out how to get from idea to synopsis? Alex Davis helps you plan for the journey ahead

Congratulations!

Judge Meg Marsden salutes the winners of our competition for celebration poems

Love lines

Alison Chisholm examines two poems from a collection

Poetry in practice

A starting point for a new poem from Doris Corti

Poetry from A to Z

Poet Alison Chisholm guides you through the language of poetry

Just a minute

Alison Chisholm takes a moment to launch WM’s competition for minute poems

Home Study Course Started A 20-Year Writing Career

Heather Burnside took a home study Creative Writing Course with The Writers Bureau in 1999. 20 years on Heather is still writing and has recently signed another threebook deal with Aria Fiction at Head of Zeus.

A STRONG WORD

Cat Lumb is a Yorkshire lass living on the wrong side

BIG FUN WITH little kids

Are you hoping to run author events with your young readers? Amy Sparkes shares invaluable insider advice

WRITERS’ NEWS

Your essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets, opportunities to get into print and publishing industry news.

It’s a Funny Old World

Mark Twain came to believe that fame could be fatal

INTRODUCTIONS

Writing Magazine presents a selection of business publishers currently accepting contributions. We strongly recommend that you read back issues, familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites, where given, for submission details.

INTERNATIONAL ZINE SCENE

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