non-fiction
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Patience is a virtue In my blog, I’ve discussed the importance of sending work out, be it a reader’s letter, an article or short story, and then moving onto the next project rather checking your in-box every hour to see if your piece has been accepted. You could be in for a very long wait…
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My feet literally aren’t touching the ground this week. I’ve deadlines galore and the tutoring is always busy. I’m also undergoing a test for a new role so while it’s hectic, it’s also very exciting. My market for you this week is ‘Crystal Magazine’. It’s a small press publication aimed at new and established writers.…
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Not many of us have the luxury of becoming a full-time writer as soon as we start out. Instead, it’s a case of snatching hours and minutes here and there in between the day job and all that life throws at us. The same can be said for where we write. A lot of writing…
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My writing week is going well, with several submissions sent out and an article published in The Guardian at the weekend. I recently covered this as a market (see Markets For Freelancers) so if you’d like to see an example of the type of piece they publish, you can find my article if you click on the…
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A New Term It’s the first day of the school term and so I’ve had the house to myself once more and plenty of opportunity to start the big catch up. I’m concentrating on the tutoring work first as that has priority, though somehow I’ve managed to more or less stay on top of things…
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I’m often inspired to write when I see a photo of an animal, whether it’s my own beloved cats who’ve triggered an idea for a reader’s letter, or another image which has given me an idea for an article. When I saw this chap, all I thought was, grimace or smile? Any ideas?
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By Post or E-mail? Even though we live in an electronic age where more and more publications are accepting work by e-mail, some still prefer postal submissions, especially from someone writing for them for the first time. So make sure you research this carefully. If a magazine only accepts work by post, don’t think you…
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If you’re stuck for an idea for an entertaining article, or if the one you’re working on just isn’t coming together, set it aside and work on something fun. That’s what I did with this one: When you next settle down with your favourite book or magazine and reach for a chocolate treat, think about…
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The first two days of my writing week went very well; I managed to achieve a lot and have had an exciting work offer – more about this in time and then today, I feel as if I’m wading through treacle. We all have days like this, when no matter how hard we…
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As writers, we’re often told that flowery, ornate language is a thing of the past. But it seems that in the case of beauty products, the more exaggerated and elaborate the better. Here’s a tongue-in-cheek look at some of the slogans and descriptions which can be found at the beauty counter: One Eau de Toilette…
Esther Chilton 