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Welcome…
Yes, it’s our ever-popular annual events guide issue
ASK A LITERARY CONSULTANT
London Book Fair is the publishing event of the year – Helen Corner-Bryant advises a newbie author how to navigate their first visit
The WOW Factor
What’s it like to go on a high-end writing retreat? Tina Jackson went to Tuscany to find out
It’s fesival time!
Margaret James urges you to consider the benefits of getting yourself on the writers’ festival circuit
I wish I’d known…
‘I’ve been an avid reader since I was a child, maxing
FESTIVAL GUIDE 2019
2 February Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire
Have a write good time
Follow writing tutor and conference organiser Kerrie Flanagan’s advice to get the most out of writing events
COURSES GUIDE 2019
Various venues Creative Writing Courses, 46 Beversbrook
FOLLOW THE CONVENTIONS
Author and event organiser Alex Davis is looking forward to a great year of genre events
REGULARS
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 su
Fine-tuning THE FORMAT
Greta Powell solves your technical queries
Novel Ideas
Lynne Hackles advises keeping calm and carrying on
INTERNATIONAL ZINE SCENE
Fugue is the University of Idaho’s respected literary
On your feet
You travel, you write about travel, but what next? Patrick Forsyth makes a suggestion
ASK THE EXPERTS
Free time
Writers are often asked to donate time or work to charitable causes, but there are things that need to be taken into consideration, advises the Society of Authors’ Nicola Solomon
On Writing
Tony Rossiter explores great words from great writers
From the OTHE SIDE R OF THE DESK
Marketing hooks may dominate publishing’s retail calendar, but Piers Blofeld reflects that wild cards can still change the game
BEHIND THE TAPE
Expert advice to get the details right in your crime fiction, from serving police officer Lisa Cutts
Background research
The first step when you start a new writing project is background research. Research expert Tarja Moles helps you do it as efficiently as possible
CREATIVE WRITING
Shine a light
It’s the hottest fiction genre right now, but what actually is ‘uplit’? Helen Yendall explains
Trash the tropes
Represent real people rather then perpetuate stereotypes, says Brooke Winters in her guide to writing disabled characters
ALTERED EGO
New authors often wonder how much of themselves they should put into their fiction, says Adrian Magson
Under the Microscope
James McCreet puts a reader’s first 300 words under his forensic gaze
Seeing Red
Helen M Walters explores the use of colour in fiction via a short story by Louisa May Alcott
In the frame
Amy Sparkes talks to the winners of the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize
INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES
Home is where the start is
Working class Bermondsey roots inspired a successful saga career for Mary Gibson, she tells Tina Jackson
How I got published
Lucy Treloar tells Dolores Gordon-Smith how winning a major manuscript competition finally led to her historical novel of settlers in Australia
The style & technique of jojo moyes
Tony Rossiter looks at an author who puts herself in the shoes of her protagonists
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
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GEORGE GUNN
The Scottish poet and playwright tells Lynne Hackles that he’s working even in his sleep
SUE FORTIN
The bestselling author tells Margaret James how she progressed from romance to suspense
WRITER’S 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
Patrick Kidd, compiler of The Times diary, was delighted
Chasing payment
If you want to be paid promptly it may require some work, says Patrick Forsyth
INTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of gardening 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.
COMPETITIONS AND EXERCISES
Try different kinds
Be kind to your writing and try these creative workouts from Jenny Alexander
Erin’s Voices
I was fifteen when the voices started. At first, I
Only when I laugh
Tackle tickling your readers’ funny bones in this writing group exercise from Julie Phillips
The Kitchen Door
Born in San Francisco, Mary Ellen Chatwin developed
POETRY
Shelf life: ELIZABETH MUNDY
The author of unconventional detective novels shares her top five reads with Judith Spelman
A tail of Love
It doesn’t matter how a poem begins – it’s the treatment that matters, says Alison Chisholm
Poetry in practice
Doris Corti considers two ways of telling a story in a poem
Poetry from A to Z
Poet Alison Chisholm guides you through the language of poetry
WRITING LIFE
Copy cat?
Be kind to a new writing group member who is finding her feet and borrowing ideas, advises Jane Wenham Jones
Away from your desk
Get out of your garret for some upcoming activities and places to visit
Brand IDENTITY
When it comes to author branding, Simon Whaley discovers it’s not all about logos and design
The writer in me
Lorraine Mace just can’t help being a writer, no matter what’s going on around her
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