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Of chickens and beards. Writers Workshop at Swindon Festival of Literature

Chicken going about her business at Lower Shaw Farm ©Calyx Pictures

Aims of a lit fest:

Meet writers
Hear about writing
Think about what’s been written about
Do your own writing
Work out what to do with your own writing so others can
Go back to number 1.

I’d done numbers one to three (a lot) and written (a lot) about the experience. Now it was time to come up with my own composition. Which was, as it turns out, something to do with chickens and beards. Continue reading →

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How to get a book on the best seller lists – Carole Blake at Swindon Festival of Literature

18 May

Carole Blake ©Calyx Pictures

Do your research, says legendary literary agent, Carole Blake.

Carole’s event at Swindon Arts Centre on Thursday night wasn’t appropriate advice for all writers – poets, people happily writing for fun, journalists, non-fiction, niche – but this gem universally rings true, whether you’re writing a CV or pitching your precious first book to an agent.

And it’s easier than ever. Check out most agent’s website and they’ll give you a step-by-step guide of what they do and don’t represent, in which format to submit your work, etc. And, of course, you need a cracking book that they like and think they can sell. Continue reading →

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