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I am asked, with a frequency I have come to find wearying, whether the events of my novels "really happened...
by Leo Nakamura
There is a peculiar sickness that has crept into historical fiction...
by Leo Nakamura
Still trying to decide what to actually DO here.
by Kim
Chekhov's Gun
by Clive Wright
lost in the Horseshoe Casino/Hotel
by Kim
Adventures in Podcasting
by Rachel McCarron
Novels that have influenced my writing
by Clive Wright
dropping seeds all over the place
by Kim
  1. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat Jan 12th deadline for Curtis Brown Discoveries, women writers apply

    If you have 10k words of adult fiction maybe this is your chance. https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/discoveries-2026 The prize doesn’t require writers to have finished a novel – only to have started one – and it is free to enter. We're looking for writing that shows real potential, not...
  2. Katie-Ellen

    Craft Chat The Log Line

    Interview with agent at Curtis Brown; Catherine Cho. She says you need to work out your log-line. This is the central thesis, showing you know what your story is really about.
  3. Katie-Ellen

    Agent says now is the rise again of the debut author

    Karolina Sutton at Curtis Brown says HERE that five years ago it was all BRAND, BRAND, BRAND, does this writer have a BRAND? But she says, there is a shift in the wind again...if a Manuscript is wonderful enough. Tally ho. Make it wonderful ... and unique. What could be easier? *cough* says...
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