Dedicated Genre Advice

You are interested in articles on specific writing genres; e.g. historical fiction, crime, children's, speculative fiction etc. (Influenced by genre tags above)

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How To Write Great Crime

M.R. Hall

26th March 2013

Edited

12th October 2020

This is the first in a series of three blogs by crime and screenwriter M. R. Hall. In this post, he poses questions that help guide your writing and...

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How to Create a Fantastic Picture Book

Emma Blackburn

4th March 2013

Edited

24th January 2021

Emma Blackburn, editorial director for picture books at Bloomsbury Publishing, gives her top tips for getting started on your picture books.

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Writing Historical Fiction

Paul Dowswell

5th November 2012

Edited

10th December 2020

How can you not be interested in the fact that Nelson, like everyone else on HMS Victory, stank like a mouldy dishcloth, and was back on duty an...

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The Life of a Ghostwriter

Andrew Crofts

27th July 2012

Edited

12th October 2020

Andrew Crofts was described in the Independent as 'the king of modern ghosts'. Here he gives an insight into what ghostwriters' lives are really like...

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Writing and the Children's Book Market

Chris Kloet

27th July 2012

Edited

24th January 2021

Around 10,000 new children’s titles are published in the UK every year. Chris Kloet, Editor-at-Large at Walker Books, suggests how a potential author...

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Approaching a Poetry Publisher

Roddy Lumsden

27th July 2012

Edited

5th October 2020

Roddy Lumsden outlines the route to getting a volume of poetry published and advises poets on when and how to approach a publisher.

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