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Nick Cross Proof of the Pudding

The proofs of Undiscovered Voices dropped into my inbox yesterday. Yay! Not just for the fact that this must mean I'm being published, or something, but I get to proofread too! I spotted two mistakes in the introduction and I wasn't even supposed to be checking that bit... I don't think it will all feel completely real until I have a printed copy in my hands, but a PDF is a pretty good start. I also finally get to read the other winning entries and what do you know - they're really good! How di… Continue

Added by Nick Cross on November 10, 2009 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Anna Bowles An editor tries the SCBWI

Cross-posted from http://www.chocolatekeyboard.blogspot.com This week, I went to a SCBWI social. That’s the word ‘I’ and the word ‘social’ in the same sentence, which is usually the sort of thing that causes my boyfriend to protest: “Who are you and what have you done with Anna?” But reader, I went. I joined the SCBWI a couple of months ago, and I must confess the move was preceded by a certain amount of hesitation. I googled widely befo… Continue

Added by Anna Bowles on November 10, 2009 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

Debbie Edwards Other sites

Just to add to post on authonomy. Also try Bookarmy and Jacketflap sites. Continue

Added by Debbie Edwards on November 9, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Alexandra Page Authonomy - Harper Collins' online network for unpublished writers, readers, editors, agents...

Hi everyone, It may that I'm stating the bleeding obvious, this has been around for months and like somebody saying 'have you heard of Facebook?' I'm well behind the times, but I really have only just come across Harper Collins' new online network, Authonomy. I saw a reference to it on the York Writer's Weekend website and thought I'd take a look, and well, if like me you've never seen it, I'd recommend a visit: http://www.authonomy.com. I've copied extra… Continue

Added by Alexandra Page on November 8, 2009 at 9:12am — No Comments

Holly Stacey stories and launch

Well, I'd been away for a long while and now I'm debating which bit of news to post first. Okay, good news... I have had a short story accepted, which I'm very excited about. I'd been pulled away from my novel for many short stories. This year I've sent about 6 stories to US e-zine Shimmer and each time they come back saying they really loved it but there was just X wrong with it, etc. It seems that I've been teetering on the edge of a good story, but not actually crossing the brilliant line.… Continue

Added by Holly Stacey on November 6, 2009 at 4:05pm — No Comments

Liz de Jager My first sale

I've received word that I can go "public" with my good news: My adult short story "Good Guys" has been sold to Constable & Robinson for inclusion in their March 2010 anthology called "The Mammoth Book of Special Ops Romance." Now, I realise it's not strictly SCBWI reading material but it's my first sale so I just had to pop over here and be all *glee* about it. I've put more information about it over on my official author's blog -… Continue

Added by Liz de Jager on November 6, 2009 at 10:32am — 5 Comments

Louise Grant- Fuzz Happy Halloween Everyone!

Have a truly spooky time.

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Added by Louise Grant- Fuzz on October 30, 2009 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Liz de Jager The Fear

Something really crappy happened yesterday - my entire purse with all my cards got nabbed straight out of my bag whilst in Starbucks. Luckily for me, I noticed it practically immediately, rang hubby dearest who in turn rang the bank and cancelled the cards. It turns out the grimy thieves tried to withd… Continue

Added by Liz de Jager on October 28, 2009 at 11:39am — 2 Comments

Rachael Hale Online Magazine Urgently Seeking Submissions

Hi there, Following a recent article submission and acceptance (YEAH!) I received an email from Wendy Dickson of Stories For Children Magazine asking for further submissions and thought it may be of interest to some of you. If you are interested submission guidelines, and a forthcoming topic planner, can be found at www.storiesforchildrenmagazine.org. Please note that Wendy Dickson is NOT the editor that submissions should be sent to but… Continue

Added by Rachael Hale on October 27, 2009 at 10:13pm — No Comments

Nick Cross Positive Reinforcement

Like a lot of writers, I keep my rejection slips in a folder, but sometimes I wonder what I'm going to do with them. Mostly, they just depress me and I'm hardly going to brandish a fistful at the first agent or editor who signs me up! The amount of rejections you've received seems to be held as a badge of honour in some circles, in that the more you've amassed before you get published, the better a writer you somehow are. True, you have persisted and triumphed over adversity, but some of those a… Continue

Added by Nick Cross on October 27, 2009 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Garry Slack The Shining Signing Star

It's still October but already I'm starting to feel a bit Christmassy!!! I think the reason is that since its release at the start of this month there has been a lot of interest from schools and church groups across the country in my new musical nativity play in English and sign language - The Shining Signing Star. Telling the story of the nativity in rhyme from the perspective of the animals and the stars who were at the very first Christmas, the play uses a combination of English, sign langu… Continue

Added by Garry Slack on October 27, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Tracy Ann Baines Interview with a Debut Author: KEREN DAVID

Great interview with YA author Keren David now on blog http://talltalesandshortstories.blogspot.com/ Enjoy :) Continue

Added by Tracy Ann Baines on October 25, 2009 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Sue Hyams November London Social!

The next London Social will be from 6.30pm onWednesday 4th November in the main bar area of the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. If you stand with your back to the bar, we'll be on the left. All welcome! Hope to see you there! Best wishes, Sue Hyams Continue

Added by Sue Hyams on October 24, 2009 at 10:32am — 4 Comments

Garry Slack Help needed please!!!

Hi everyone I very much hope that someone out there might be able to help me with some ideas In addition to writing children’s sign language books, I also run entertaining, educational, fun and interactive sign language sessions for children and their families and carers. The workshops aim to teach the children fun rhymes and songs using sign language. Each workshop also features an appearance by Olli the signing monkey! (It’s a fantastic costume that I had custom made by the people who make th… Continue

Added by Garry Slack on October 21, 2009 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment

Jacquie O'Neill Budabebe

A rough sketch and the final image from my book, Budababe:

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Added by Jacquie O'Neill on October 19, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Nick Cross Calm Descends

Not a lot to report this week, but I thought I'd blog anyway - you know how much I enjoy talking about myself ;-) I find it hard to entirely relax when I have a manuscript (or even a partial) out with an agent, despite the fact that I know this is a slow and deliberate process. This is the first full submission I've done of Back from the Dead, though I did have two agents who requested the full text of my previous Young Adult novel (the first took one month to say no and the other four months -… Continue

Added by Nick Cross on October 16, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

candygourlay eCritique's Bouncing Babies!

I started up eCritique in January 2007. eCritique is a by-invitation only blog where members post their work and critique via the blog's comments facility. It is set up so that it is invisible to Google and can only be accessed by password. From the handful who joined that first month, the membership two years later now numbers 58! Not everyone participated in the critiquing (there were some dedicated lurkers) but I didn't mind because there was so much to learn from all the back and for… Continue

Added by candygourlay on October 14, 2009 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments

Carole Anne Carr Good day at Bamburgh Castle

Another mild day, drove along the A1, not too busy for once, and on to Bamburgh Castle, a magnificent brooding presence on a rocky outcrop on the edge of the North Sea. Great fun sweeping up the slope to the castle without having to go through the usual process of purchasing a ticket, and very good to be met by the l… Continue

Added by Carole Anne Carr on October 13, 2009 at 6:52pm — No Comments

Anna Bowles Mortgage vs art

Posted across from http://chocolatekeyboard.blogspot.com ** Another week, another literary sequel. This time to Hitch-Hiker’s Guide, causing my earnest techie boyfriend to fulminate about ‘blasphemy’ in an endearing fashion. But I intend to read it! It is also another week of spending all but one day at my desk writing. The schedule for the current commissioned work has hit a snafu (as, lord knows, is the way of 99% of publishing schedules), so here I am, excavating immortal art from t… Continue

Added by Anna Bowles on October 13, 2009 at 5:43pm — No Comments

Liz de Jager Competitions on my blog

Dear All Just a note to let you know that I review a lot of kids and YA books on the blog and have a lot of competitions on the go from various publishers on and off during the course of the year. I'm running a competition at the moment for a book by Alyson Noel and the book is called Evermore, the first in the Immortal series. A little bit Twilight to be fair, but also a good read for those of us writing urban fantasy YA or YA with a supernatural twist. See it as market research! This is th… Continue

Added by Liz de Jager on October 12, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

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