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September 2017
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EDITOR’S LETTER
Welcome…
Say yes. That’s one of the most striking pieces of
REGULARS
THE WORLD OF WRITING
This month’s wide world of writing includes ghostly goings on, punny names and short story vending machines
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.
BEHIND THE TAPE
Expert advice to get the details right in your crime novel, from serving police officer Lisa Cutts
Helpline
Your writing problems solved with advice from Diana Cambridge
WRITERS’ WEB WATCH
WM’s resident webcrawler highlights some tools to streamline your social networking
INDESIGN EXPLAINED
Get to grips with Adobe’s design powerhouse InDesign with advice from Greta Powell
PUBLISHING
Play money
Author earnings aren’t always great, but we don’t have it so bad, says Michael Allen
Away from your desk
Get out of your garret for some upcoming activities and places to visit
From the OTHE SIDE R OF THE DESK
Literary agent Piers Blofeld relishes reading for pleasure this summer
Ask a Literary Consultant
Literary consultant Helen Corner-Bryant weighs up using autobiographical elements to bring authenticity to fiction
Get it covered
Despite the old adage, the first thing anyone judges a book on is its cover… and many readers won’t go much further if it doesn’t appeal. Ensure your cover makes the first impression your book deserves with advice from Silver Wood Publishing
FICTION
GROWING THE ACORN
Author James McCreet considers how to proceed when inspiration first strikes
The 5 secrets of writing a bestseller
Publisher and writing coach Kathy Gale shares the insider insight that has helped her authors write bestsellers
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Creative writing is all about decisions, but which are the right ones for you? Gary Dalkin helps you find your path.
Beat the bestsellers TOP 10 TIPS
On the eighth anniversary of our Beat the Bestsellers series, Tony Rossiter looks back at some of the bestselling authors he’s featured, collected in his new book, and gives his top tips for aspiring writers
UNDER THE microscope
James McCreet explores the opening passage of a reader’s magic realist thriller opening
THE MAGIC NUMBER
Margaret James explores the power of three in fiction
I wish I’d known…
Teresa Driscoll shares the secrets she wishes she’d known at the start of her career
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
How do you make the leap from plotting short stories to a novel? Different strategies work for different writers, advises Jane Wenham-Jones
Keeping the Faith
An object lesson in sensitive characterisation from Joanne Harris, explored by Helen M Walters
How do they do it?
Improve your chances in our new Picture Book Prize with a look at what makes a successful picture book from author Amy Sparkes
THE BLOODY LANDS
How much should fantasy fiction show? Alex Davis checks his armoury
INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES
HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES
The story of a musician looking back over her career prompted an inspiring creative collaboration between bestselling novelist Laura Barnett and Mercury-nominated singer songwriter Kathryn Williams, as Tina Jackson discovers
LAURA’S SOLO
A #1 smash and Richard and Judy Book Club winner, The Versions of Us was no one-hit wonder for Laura Barnett
On Writing
Tony Rossiter explores great words from great writers
How I got published
Swedish crime author Emelie Schepp, who self-published her debut, Marked for Life, is now published around the world and in the UK by MIRA.
Writing – A Job with All Sorts of Opportunities for All Kinds of People
Writing – A Job with All Sorts of Opportunities for
The style & technique of EDNA O’BRIEN
Tony Rossiter looks at a writer whose creative imagination is rooted in her Irish childhood
Shelf life: MICHAEL CONNELLY
The creator of Harry Bosch, crimewriter Michael Connelly, shares his five favourite reads with Judith Spelman
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
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
CRIME FILE
Crime bestseller Linwood Barclay discusses his writing process and latest novel Parting Shot with Chris High
NIGEL MAY
The celebrity world provides fact and fiction fodder for Nigel May, he tells Margaret James
JOHN MARRS
It’s a hectic writing day for the magazine journalist and novelist, he tells Lynne Hackles
WRITING LIFE
Lift your chances
Be ready for your sixty-second chance to shine with Adrian Magson’s pitch correction
Novel Ideas
Thoughts on prostitution, from Lynne Hackles
FEES PAID, pain free!
Problems getting paid? Simon Whaley courts the idea of legal action.
BRAND BEWARE
Lorraine Mace seeks help from the experts on building her brand
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Airborne
Originally from Birmingham, Jean Lumby moved to Worcestershire
Family Secrets
Jamie Steven has been a writer since he learned how
GIVE US A CLUE
Exploit your writers’ natural curiosity with an exercise from Julie Phillips
TALK TO CAITLIN
Michael Callaghan is a lawyer living and working in
Red Editing Pen
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would
POETRY
SONNETS FROM THE GREEK
A sonnet referencing ancient myth is explored by Alison Chisholm
Poetry in practice
How do you create rhythm and lyricism in free verse? Doris Corti explains
Poetry from A to Z
Poet Alison Chisholm guides you through the language of poetry
NON-FICTION
Picture perfect
Find just the right images for your projects with advice from Tarja Moles
Not all me, me, me
Patrick Forsyth recommends putting the focus of your suggestions on others
Another view
Patrick Forsyth links the sayings of others to the emphasis you might give your writing.
NEWS
Enter the world’s richest short story prize
The 2018 Sunday Times/EFG Short Story Award, the richest
Make a splash with children’s fiction
The Bath Children’s Novel Award is open for entries
A new dawn for female novelists
Aurora Metro’s biennial Virginia Prize for Fiction
New frontiers of sound
District of Wonders has three podcasts which provide
Arty appeal
Fifth Wednesday Journal is a biannual US literary print
UK MAGAZINE MARKET
Today’s Golfer is all about helping its readers to
FLASHES
Scribble writing BY GARY DALKIN magazine’s article
GLOBAL SF MARKET
AE bounces back after cyber attack
Making crime pay
Where Roses Never Die by Gunnar Staalesen, translated
Understand the ethics of using others’ experiences
Using people’s real-life stories for such as a book
Impress Salome
Salomé is a British online and print literary magazine
A taste of things to come
Ouen Press is inviting submissions for Taste, its Short
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Slug here
Write interactive with New Media Prize
Now in its eighth year, the New Media Writing Prize
It’s a Funny Old World
• Times associate editor and columnist and life peer
FLASHES
Neil Thomas edits Shropshire Magazine and will consider
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Head for Arkansas
Reveal yourself for Bare Fiction
Now in its fourth year, the Bare Fiction Prize is in
Beastly submissions for Bradt
Bradt Travel Guides is running a competition to find
Mentoring for Scottish bright not-so-young things
Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award, which supports
UK FICTION MARKET
Newly afloat fiction
Stories for children come out of their chrysalis
Now in its third year, the Caterpillar Story Prize
Stretch your comedy writing muscles
There are £50 cash prizes and performance and publication
Spread your theatre writing wings
Red Dragonfly Productions has announced the Taking
FLASHES
NinaTucknott edits the quarterly Flora International
GLOBAL SMALL PRESS MARKET
Aftermath: Explorations of Loss & Grief is a new
Blue sky theming
The annual US-based Futurescapes short story competition
Eternal stories of the creative mind
Hammond House is inviting entries on the theme ‘eternal’
Content for the Grist
Grist is the online and print journal run by the graduate
UK CHILDREN’S MARKET
Picture books from a BAME persepective
Poems for Clochoderick
Clochoderick Press is inviting entries for the Clochoderick
Get flash for The Fiction Desk
The Fiction Desk Flash Fiction Competition is inviting
And another thing…
‘The history of literature is well populated with women
FLASHES
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental
GLOBAL SMALL PRESS MARKET
Leap into action
Eye spy a flash new journal
Eye Flash Journal, a new contemporary poetry magazine
Plot a retreat
Writers & Artists has joined forces with Retreat
Ere, wash the story?
Erewash Writers’ Group is inviting entries for its
Novel recommendations
Leading literary magazine Granta has published its
INTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of parenting magazines currently accepting contributions. We strongly recommend that you familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites, where given, for submission details.
Write a story for Daniel
A Story for Daniel is a free-to-enter flash fiction
FLASHES
Richard Borrell is the editor of Lancashire Life, which
GLOBAL SF MARKET
Bridging divides
Austen power
In June the Royal Society of Literature had a very
Watching Big Brother
The latest stage adaptation of George Orwell’s Nineteen
Be prepared for Backlash
Backlash Press is an indie small press publishing experimental
UK BOOK MARKET
Be serious about Scribe
Tales of the city
The London Short Story Prize, run by writer development
Generous benefactor for new translators
The Society of Authors has announced a new prize for
Indies unite
Brighton-based independent publisher Myriad Editions
Hooray for heritage poems
You can win a heritage break in Newark in the Inspired
FLASHES
In the Moment magazine is a new wellbeing, creativity
GLOBAL SPECFIC MARKET
Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue is a new
Shoot for success
Shooter literary magazine is inviting entries for the
Take a shot
Buckshot Magazine is a new, soon to be launched weekly
Fairytale quest
FairyTalez.com claims to be the largest collection
INTERNATIONAL ZINE SCENE
Speculative fiction zine markets are increasing in
FLASHES
New Forest Living Magazine is a lifestyle publication
UK NON-FICTION MARKET
Get developed with Panoma
Submissions from Scotland
Writers living in Scotland or who are Scots by birth
Malevolent Soap
A new Australian annual print and online magazine,
GLOBAL MEN’S MAGAZINE
Take Bull by the horns
In the footsteps of great writers
A new thirteen-mile trail named The Writers’ Way has
FLASHES
WattsWhat Magazine, a new biannual men’s lifestyle
GLOBAL CHILDREN’S MARKET
Engaging activities wanted
New lines
Geometry Literary Journal is a new international literary
Book Talk
I believe all humour is based on aggression. The practical
UK MAGAZINE MARKET
Watch the birdie
The Wolf’s call
US micro-press WolfSinger publishes an online magazine
Writing workshops from Woman’s Weekly
There is a wider selection of one day writing workshops
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