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Writers’ Zone
The Writers’ Zone is a growing resource for writers who want to get their work published, or who want to develop their careers. Here you’ll find a mix of practical articles, FAQs, lists of useful websites and more.
For edited articles from recent editions of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, see The Know How.
Plus there’s advice on promoting your book, thanks to exclusive extracts from Alison Baverstock’s Marketing Your Book: An Author’s Guide, published by A&C Black.
In need of more info? Browse the links below…
Practical help
Getting published
FAQs for writers
Websites for writers
Free downloads
The publishing process
I think I need an agent
How to get an agent
Approaching a publisher
Approaching a poetry publisher
Writing and the children’s book market
The writer’s ultimate workspace
Writing Tips and Advice
Novelists, screenwriters and authors
Go to The Writers for inspirational interviews with Ian Rankin, Joanna Trollope, Maeve Binchy, Neil Gaiman and more. They did it, so can you.
Plus video exclusives with Julie Myerson, Justin Cartwright and Jon McGregor.
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Buy the 2010 Yearbook
The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook is available at a discounted price from our online bookshop. Get all the info, contacts and advice you could need.On camera: Jon McGregor
"Being longlisted for the Booker Prize changed everything - it was the launchpad for my writing career." Click to view our video with novelist Jon McGregor »
On camera: Justin Cartwright
"Just write... If you're any good you may not know it, but certainly someone else will." Click to view our video with novelist Justin Cartwright »
On camera: Julie Myerson
The novelist and journalist Julie Myerson on how she got that all-important first publishing deal. Click here to view our video exclusive »