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Writer Melissa Kay Valente describes how being part of the WriteMentor community via the Hub membership platform helped her secure agent representation.
January 2023 Picture books are funny things, aren’t they? They do amazing jobs, from sending someone off to the land …
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Author & WriteMentor Spark mentor Melissa Welliver shares her top tips to help children’s writers craft querying letters
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Author Clare Helen Welsh announces the Books That Help free mentorship scheme for a writer or writer-illustrator writing stories that create emotionally honest spaces for children and families
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Announcing the winners of WriteMentor Novel in Development Award 2022
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Before we announce the list(s), just a few interesting bits of information from entries this year. We received (according to …
WriteMentor Hub Writer in Residence Rashmi Sirdeshpande shares the professional roles involved in publishing picture books
WriteMentor Hub Writer in Residence Rashmi Sirdeshpande shares how picture book writers can develop range across styles and genres
Kristina Wilson-Brown shares how becoming part of a critique group via the WriteMentor Hub reignited her motivation after a writing slump
Read a July reflection from WriteMentor Hub Novel Writer-in-Residence Marcus Sedgwick
Writer and visual storyteller Maureen Tai won the WriteMentor Picture Book Award 2022. She shares her experience and writing advice.
Aoife Doyle won the WriteMentor Novel Award 2022 for ‘The Music Weaver’s Call’ and is now represented by Lucy Irvine at Peters Fraser + Dunlop. They share their experience and writing advice.
Read an exclusive WriteMentor Blog from Struan Murray and his editor Ben Horslen, winners of 2021 Branford Boase Award for the year’s outstanding debut novel for children
WM Novel and PB Awards 2022 – the Openings Openings of our Shortlisted Writers Simply click on the title in …
Want to get your manuscript noticed by publishing professionals? In WriteMentor’s new blog series, we invite leading literary agents to …
June 2022 Midsummer is approaching and I don’t know what you’ll be doing but I’ll be climbing a mountain (in …
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June 2022 Picture books (other than the wordless wonders!) are a dance of words and pictures and very often, it’s …
Most if not all writers will have experienced or are currently experiencing strain on their mental health. For all its …
Children’s Novel and Picture Book Awards – the results Congratulations to winners Maureen Tai (Picture Book) and Aoife Doyle (Novel), …
WriteMentor Hub Writer in Residence Marcus Sedgewick discusses the power of the writing community in his blog post
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2022 Summer Programme Pairings We are now in our 5th year of the programme and we’ve helped more than 200 …
WriteMentor shares 5 tips for fantasy world building
“Mentoring [is] an invaluable resource, given selflessly by hard-working, talented mentors who give up their time to help less experienced …
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Lorna Hemingway, literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton, gives her insights and advice about submitting your Picture Book manuscript
WriteMentor Novel Writer in Residence 2022 and author Marcus Sedgwick discusses the power of perseverance
Many of us are submitting our work to agents in the hope of getting representation to move forward with the …
WriteMentor Hub 2022 Writer in Residence Rashmi Sirdeshpande shares six things she didn’t know about being a picture book author.
Chloe Seager, literary agent at Madeleine Milburn, gives her insights and advice about submitting your manuscript
March 2022 I have a book out on submission. The sky is dark, nothing has any taste, my heart does …
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Mentor Emma Finlayson-Palmer and her mentee Debbie Roxburgh chat about their experience of WriteMentor’s Spark programme
2022 Picture Book Award – the Shortlist Our readers had a really tough getting the 35 longlisted titles down to …
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Valerie Norton shares how she successfully applied to the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme, which led to agent representation
WriteMentor Hub 2022 Writer in Residence Rashmi Sirdeshpande shares how to tackle imposter syndrome as a writer
“Mentoring has changed the way I write, and the way I think about writing; it’s set me on the path …
WriteMentor shares advice for preparing for an agent 1-2-1, as well as expectations and handling feedback.
Megan Carroll, literary agent at Watson, Little, gives her insights and advice about submitting your manuscript