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8th December 2021
Our final masterclasses for 2021 provide the perfect opportunity to sharpen up your creative instincts ahead of the Christmas period.
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Romance
Your book centres on the development of a relationship between central characters. Examples of romantic fiction have been produced by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and Nicholas Sparks, while Mills and Boon are a publisher synonymous with romance novels. If you're writing erotic fiction then your narrative will be driven more by the sexual relationship between your characters. Notable writers of erotic fiction are Anne Rice, EL James and Sylvia Day.
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I’ve submitted to agents in my genre (techno-thriller), cold-mailed manuscripts to publishers, leaned on friends with connections in publishing,...
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If there are approximately 18,956 (pretty good) reasons not to start writing a book, only one compels so many of us to try. To be published. To have...
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5th September 2023
Charlene Allcott, author of The Single Mum's Wish List, offers thoughts on the importance of how to start treating your writing like a job.
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8th October 2020
How to adapt a fairy tale.
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23rd September 2020
Author Jo Thomas discusses the influence of travel on writing and finding inspiration in your surroundings.