Fiction

Article

3 min read

Plotting and Pacing in Your Middle Grade Adventure

30th June 2021

Edited

4th August 2022

In this extract from his article for the Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2022, bestselling author Christopher Edge shares his passion for...

Article

3 min read

Reading as a Writer

Cathy Rentzenbrink

30th June 2021

Edited

13th June 2023

In this extract from the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, Cathy Rentzenbrink looks at how reading can open up new worlds and possibilities, as well...

Article

3 min read

The Winning Touch: The Impact of Winning an Award

Ingrid Persaud

30th June 2021

Edited

2nd November 2021

In this extract from the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2022, author Ingrid Persaud describes the life-changing effect that entering competitions...

Article

7 min read

Writing a Crime Series

Holly Watt

28th June 2021

Edited

4th August 2022

Holly Watt, (To The Lions, The Dead Line, and The Hunt and The Kill), explores some of the lessons she's learned after her debut novel turned into a...

Blog

5 min read

Is My Writing Any Good?

Valerie French

21st June 2021

Edited

22nd June 2021

Over the years I’ve struggled with this question, finding it impossible to judge my own work. Adept at knowing when someone else’s manuscript hits...

6 comments

Article

5 min read

Persistence and Adaptation

Sean Lusk

15th June 2021

Edited

21st June 2021

The long journey from evening class to a two-book deal

Jane Austen wouldn’t have produced such a clunky title. But what if she had? Would she...