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February 2020
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Writing Magazine
Welcome…
Happy new year! Welcome to your first Writing Magazine
REGULARS
THE WORLD OF WRITING
Bad sex, zeitgeisty pronouns and publishers going in for the chop are all part for the course in the wide world of writing
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…
Editorial calendar
Strong forward planning will greatly improve your chances with freelance submissions. Here are some themes to consider for the coming months.
Clock on
Patrick Forsyth finds a calming influence to help hit long-term deadlines
INTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of paying feminist/empowering magazines/ websites currently accepting contributions. We strongly recommend that you read back issues, familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites for submission details.
Novel Ideas
A writer’s support network is to be cherished, says Lynne Hackles
INTERNATIONAL ZINE SCENE
Muse/A Journal is a US literary journal of poetic writing.
Boldly go
Patrick Forsyth is inspired by a famous travel writer’s spontaneity
ASK THE EXPERTS
A good rep?
The Society of Authors’ Martin Reed looks at what an agent does – and whether you need one
Books for life
Nothing gives literary agent Piers Blofeld more cause for celebration than the power of reading to positively influence young lives
ASK A LITERARY CONSULTANT
The New Year is a good time to submit your manuscript. Helen Corner-Bryant starts 2020 with a two-parter advising a new writer on how to get ready to submit.
Primary sources
Use original source material to uncover individual experiences of lived history with help from research expert Tarja Moles
BEHIND THE TAPE
Expert advice to get the details right in your crime fiction, from serving police officer Lisa Cutts
PLAN FOR 2020
Find a new per ch
Has a regular writing gig dried up? Looking for new places to pitch? Esther Chilton looks at re-evaluating the market to find new slots for your writing
What's best for you?
For many writers, time, money and energy are limited resources. What could you do this year to help develop your writing and your career? Amy Sparkes has three suggestions
WHY WORKSHOP?
In March 2020, author James McCreet is running two day-long workshops on structure and craft (see opposite). One focuses on how you move from an idea to a workable structure. The other looks at how to write an effective crime novel.
INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES
WHERE East MEETS West
A locked-room mystery set in the 1920s, Abir Mukherjee’s latest novel started in tribute to crime queen Agatha Christie, he tells Tina Jackson
The style & technique of ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Tony Rossiter looks at a novelist who wrote about relationships and everyday life with wit and compassion
How I got published
The author of contemporary crime thriller Blood for Blood tells Dolores Gordon Smith about her path to publication
KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
The award-winning author shares her top five reads with Judith Spelman
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
ANDREW EWART
Adrian Magson meets the debut author of a thought-provoking psychological thriller
WRITER’S NEWS
Your essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets, opportunities to get into print and publishing industry news.
WILLIAM COLES
The author and adventurer tells Lynne Hackles that he likes to hole up in cafés to write undisturbed
CREATIVE WRITING
Going the DISTANCE
Author James McCreet talks to writer Liz Champion about problems with her work-in-progress
Going round again
Writing is all about repeat business, says Adrian Magson
Under the Microscope
James McCreet applies his forensic criticism to the beginning of a reader’s work-in-progress
Go to the dogs
Add animal magic to your fiction with help from Margaret James
I wish I’d known…
with Christine Stovell
ORIGINAL SIN
Helen M Walters looks at a short story by Guy de Maupassant to explore how you can use the seven deadly sins in your fiction
GAME ON!
Remember gamebooks? They’re being reinvented for a digital readership, and Alex Davis has the info you need to start writing them
COMPETITIONS AND EXERCISES
Celebrate yourself
What would your perfect celebration day consist of? Create a personalised celebration of who you are in these creative writing exercises from Jenny Alexander
WIN! £500 IN CASH PRIZES & PUBLICATION
Odd Couple Short Stor y Competition
The Lake, Two Septembers Ago
1st place
What springs to mind?
Help your writing group think outside the box with these exercises from Julie Phillips
WRITING LIFE
Time for new growth?
If your writing life is in a rut and your words feel pointless, follow the example of Glynis Scrivens and let your creativity evolve and your writing develop in new directions
Reviewing the situation
Jane Wenham Jones advises a new author wanting their book reviewed not to underestimate the growing influence of peer reviews
Under the covers
New novelist Gillian Harvey is considering rebranding herself
Away from your desk
Get out of your garret for some upcoming activities and places to visit
SUCCESSFUL Signings
Book signings are part of the business of being a writer. Simon Whaley chats to two authors about their experiences.
Clubbed to death
Lorraine Mace discovers she’s not the only one getting the fear about venturing into the gorgon’s labyrinth of book clubs
POETRY
Pleased you were here!
Judge Alison Chisholm has had a wonderful time as a poetic armchair traveller judging the entries for WM’s Postcard Poetry competition
Colouring in
Use your entire poetic palette to give your entry to WM’s colour-themed poetry competition the best chance, urges judge Alison Chisholm
Finding forms
Alison Chisholm explores what happens when a poet discovers a new form and experiments with its possibilities
Poetry in practice
Imagery in poetry gains power from being specific, says Doris Corti
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