Esther Chilton

poetry

  • Things I’d love an editor to say…

    Yesterday, I wrote about receiving a rejection and how rejection is something we have to accept as writers. I don’t know of any writer, whether he/she’s famous or not, who hasn’t had a piece of work rejected. Though, it doesn’t hurt to dream:   Things I’d Love an Editor to Say    Please, please won’t…

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  • My Writing Week

    My writing week got off to a flying start with a cheque in the post but that good start didn’t last long and the cheque was swiftly followed by a rejection. As a writer, it’s all too easy to take rejection personally and to focus on the bad rather than the good. Rejection is all…

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  • Don’t Neglect The Small Press

    Somewhere to Start It can be difficult to know where to send your writing. The ‘Writers and Artists’ Year Book’ is full of agents, publishers and mainstream magazines and newsagents’ shelves are growing to fit the plethora of magazines published weekly, monthly and so on. Yet, it isn’t just a case of sending work off…

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  • My Writing Week

    By the end of Monday, my shoulders were right up by my ears and I was shaking my head, sure that this week was going to be one of those weeks. But, up bright and early Tuesday morning, I took a deep breath and decided to forget about Monday and to start afresh. It’s not…

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Don’t Aim Too High It’s the beginning of January and a time for New Year resolutions. How many times, as a writer, have you thought along the following lines, This is it – this is going to be the year I write my best-selling novel, win the Bridport Prize, have critics clamoring about my collection…

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  • My Writing Week

    Only a few days to go so I’m sure you’re like me – looking forward to the time off but a mountain to climb before you get there! My market to add to the ‘Markets For Freelancers’ page is Chapman, a literary magazine, which is held in high regard: For ‘Chapman’, it’s all about the…

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  • My Writing Week

    I’ve a few interesting projects on the go at the moment and at the start of the week they weren’t going well, but fingers crossed, things seem to be coming together. My market of the week for you is ‘Writers’ Forum’: You can find a copy of this monthly publication in selected newsagents, but if…

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  • My Writing Week

    My ‘Writers Bureau’ in-box is full this week, with many students looking to send in assignments before the Christmas break. After all, it’s December Sunday so not long to go! I’m also doing the same as my students and submitting articles and short stories before the end of year deadlines so all in all, a…

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  • My Writing Week

    A gentle ease-in – or not?! I’m sure most of you will know just what I mean by it taking a week after a holiday to get back into work mode. Though, work often has other ideas! ‘The Writers Bureau’ is always busy so I have a lot of catching up to do there so…

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  • Holiday Heaven or Holiday Hell?

    For those of you living in the UK, you’ll be lucky if you escaped a good soaking this week. The heatwave of the summer seems a little distant but perhaps my writing exercise will help you to find that ray of sunshine: You have two themes to pick from: Holiday Heaven Holiday Hell You can…

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