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A month of writing
Sophie Williamson used to feel guilty about not writing – until she decided to take alternate months off. So forget about October and focus on November (which just happens to be National Novel Writing Month...)
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‘A poem is a closed fist’
From all of us at Mslexia, to all of you women writers out there: a poem about women’s writing for National Poetry Day
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Do you have enough poems for a collection?
Pamphlet or full collection? Theme or no theme? Sophia Blackwell, author of The Poetry Writers’ Handbook, advises on how to gather your poems together for publication
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Blurbology
The back-cover blurb is one of the most important factors influencing book buying. Anna Davis investigates the tricky art of hype and hot air
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Teenage angst
Contemporary YA explores real-world issues through teenage characters. Laura Steven explains how best to tackle realism and darker themes.
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‘I lay awake revisiting the creaky old house I'd lived in as a child’
The multi-award-winning children’s author Elizabeth Laird built her formidable reputation writing stories based on her research in far-away lands. But when Covid lockdowns put an end to her journeying, she travelled back in time instead, to turn her childhood memories into fiction.
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