Writing Magazine April 2020

(Joyce) #1

COMING UP IN THE MAY ISSUE OF


All your essential
leads, competitions,
opportunities and industry
news, in Writers’ News

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Hugely popular novelist Milly Johnson

explains how she writes the

novels that ensure she’s one of the UK’s most well-read authors.


  • Christina Courtenay on developing her historical timeslip novels

    • Grip-lit author Lucie Whitehouse




explains the rhythms and

routines of her writing day.


  • Saga author Tracy Baines
    picks her fi ve favourite reads


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  • Subscriber Jenny Moore’s
    children’s book took nearly two
    decades before fi nally making it
    into print. She highlights how the
    long wait improved her book, and
    why you should never give up.

  • When Cat and Lynx Raven
    couldn’t fi nd a magazine on their
    favourite hobby, they decided to
    launch their own. They tell us
    how they did it.


PLUS

BUSINESS
OF
WRITING
Why you need
to start a
newsletter

Expert guidance on how to avoid the pitfalls
that await the unwary writer!


  • Despite all the best intentions, positive representation
    can easily go awry.


How do you write diverse


characters and avoid accusations of appropriation?



  • The most common


mistakes writers make in their


children’s books, and how you can do better.



  • Traditional publishing vs self-publishing.
    What are the benefi ts and drawbacks of each?


FICTION

How to create plausible three
dimensional characters in your fi ction

How to fi nd new spins for
classic tropes in your horror


  • Grip-lit author Lucie Whitehouse


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