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Louie Stowell’s 10 best tips for writers
1) Be prepared for the long haul. It MAY be quick for you, and that’s great. But it may take 20 years (I wrote my first “drawer novel” in 2001
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Interview with #WMCNA 2020 judge Alice Williams
Can you tell us a little more about you and your agency? Of course! I set up my specialist children’s book agency last summer, having represented children’s writers and illustrators
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Interview with #WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award winner, Alexandra Page
In the aftermath, of winning our very first Novel Award, we spoke to our first winner, Alexandra Page. How did you feel when you watched Chloe announce you as the
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6 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR WRITING PAY by Simon James Green
When I was writing my first novel, Noah Can’t Even, and spending time and money trying to get it ready to submit to agents, I often wondered if I’d ever
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On Dealing with Rejection by Hannah Kates
The first time I got punched in the face, I cried. To be fair, the day was kind of rough to begin with. I’d lost everything—my family, my livelihood, my
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In an age of tl;dr, how to hook your reader … by Emma Read
Concerning Hooks The beginning to arguably one of the best books ever written is a twenty-page prologue ‘Concerning Hobbits’.It goes on to provide some fascinating insights into pipe-weedand extensive notes on
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First Things First by Lindsay Galvin
This is the first line to my book The Secret Deep. Forgive me for starting this post with my own writing, but it is relevant, I promise. I rewrote the
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FINDING YOUR GREAT BOOK IDEA by Emma Smith-Barton
FINDING YOUR GREAT BOOK IDEA A great book starts with a great idea. A spark, if you will. That idea needs to be enough to sustain a whole novel, to
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