Building a Writing profile – Part 2: Your literary blog
Writers, use your blog in various ways to gain extra coverage, show off individual writing styles and increase your online persona. A blog is an easily accessible tool which helps you to connect with people while demonstrating your writing abilities and interests. Blogs also help publishers and agents to see how marketable you are and [...]
Review of Cathi Unsworth´s Bad Penny Blues
Noir-fiction is difficult to find and good noir-fiction even trickier still. Thankfully, Cathi Unsworth´s latest novel Bad Penny Blues sent an amalgam of violent murders, the occult and bent coppers my way, carefully constructed around London’s vibrant 60´s art scene. Read my review of Bad Penny Blues on Bookmunch.
Building a writing profile – Part 1: An introduction
I’ve noticed a trend in all the writing courses/workshops/events I’ve attended. All aspiring writers want to know how to get their work published. It’s often a shock to new/emerging writers to find that building a profile is as important as creating beautifully crafted and exciting literary works.
The internet makes the world much smaller and more [...]
Aesthetica announces competition winners
Aesthetica magazine announces the winners of the 2009 Creative Works competition. Congratulations to the finalists and winners of each category. I was extremely happy with my commendation.
Poem commended in Aesthetica Creative Works competition
As everyone knows, poetry competitions are a hard slog. The competition is tough, the entries are high and the rejection can be daunting. The Aesthetica Creative Works competition is the first major comp that I’ve entered and I was amazed to find out this morning that I reached the commended list. I may not have [...]
NanoWrimo – so everyone is a writer?
Essentially, everyone can write. But that doesn’t make everyone a writer.
Yet undeterred, every November, NaNoWrimo (the National Novel Writing Month) arrives and encourages good and bad writers around the world to try and produce 50,000 words in 30 days. I’ve heard lots of readers and writers complain that the internet has opened up a vast [...]
Ulster Bank Theatre festival blogging continues…
I’ve seen some amazing shows at the Ulster Bank Theatre Festival, and the first week’s not even over. KAMP and SLAT are particularly inspiring and innovative productions, and I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of the performers and have had some interesting oportunities come my way as a result. In other words, watch this [...]
The Pitmen Painters
Writing for the Ulster Bank Theatre Festival is an honour in many ways. Not only do I get to see some spectacular theatre productions, I also meet the people behind the scenes and hopefully inspire people looking for something special to watch. My third festival pick is The Pitmen Painters. Already backed by critical acclaim [...]
The Manganiyar Seduction
My second Ulster Bank Theatre Festival pick is The Manganiyar Seduction. I recommend this if you’re looking for a mystical, musical spectacular spanning three generations and steeped in centuries of tradition.
Review of Coetzee´s Summertime on Bookmunch
Coetzee´s Summertime genuinely surprised me. More than I could have ever expected. My reaction went from hatred to adoration and I was left not even knowing how. Read my review over on Bookmunch.