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David Greaves
08:16 AM on June 26, 2012
Hi,
I'm emailing about Write-Connections (http://www.write-connections.com/), a groundbreaking resource for aspiring authors that may be of interest to some of your members.
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In addition to this, we're putting on a number of events. The Write-Connections Publishing Hour is an hour-long one-to-one session that offers a writer the opportunity to meet with a number of leading figures from the industry and leave their manuscript with Legend Press. We're also running a number of competitions; currently open are one for flash-fiction, one for short stories, and one based on reworkings of Romeo and Juliet, to come soon. As well as this, we're organising a series of workshops catering to different genres and aspects of the writing and publishing processes. All the events we have planned at the moment are based in London, but we're interested in working on more regional events soon.
If this sounds like it might be of benefit to your members, would it be possible for you to pass it on? We'd greatly appreciate any help you can give.
Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions or for any more information.
Thanks,
David
I'm emailing about Write-Connections (http://www.write-connections.com/), a groundbreaking resource for aspiring authors that may be of interest to some of your members.
Write-Connections is an online community providing support, feedback, and connections for writers. Membership is free, and includes aces to a comprehensive directory of publishing houses and literary agencies in the UK and Ireland, as well as allowing members to rate and give feedback on their experiences. Members will also receive our newsletter, containing news and features as well as contributions such as blogs, interviews, and Q&As from literary professionals. Members will also receive access to our forum, which provides a friendly space to air our any issues with the process of writing or publishing; a number of lterary professionals will regularly stop by the forum to answer members' questions. Upgraded membership packages are available, offering features such as mentoring, support with synopsis, appraisals of individual chapters, and professional introductions.
In addition to this, we're putting on a number of events. The Write-Connections Publishing Hour is an hour-long one-to-one session that offers a writer the opportunity to meet with a number of leading figures from the industry and leave their manuscript with Legend Press. We're also running a number of competitions; currently open are one for flash-fiction, one for short stories, and one based on reworkings of Romeo and Juliet, to come soon. As well as this, we're organising a series of workshops catering to different genres and aspects of the writing and publishing processes. All the events we have planned at the moment are based in London, but we're interested in working on more regional events soon.
If this sounds like it might be of benefit to your members, would it be possible for you to pass it on? We'd greatly appreciate any help you can give.
Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions or for any more information.
Thanks,
David
John Saul says...
Hello Alan
I just came across a kind mention by you in 'GoodReads', being positive about my work. Thanks! I'm still writing, though the book publisher route is getting harder than ever (and unfortunately there isn't the network like the Tindal Street group down this way (Suffolk)). I'm now getting 'You don't have to say' from the library and looking forward to reading it.
Best wishes to you
John
John Saul, Woodbridge
Hi John nice to hear from you. I like your stuff and wish you well. You've got stuff coming out from SALT I see. Hope you like 'You don't have to say'.
Best, Alan
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John Saul
06:42 AM on March 02, 2012
Hello Alan
I just came across a kind mention by you in 'GoodReads', being positive about my work. Thanks! I'm still writing, though the book publisher route is getting harder than ever (and unfortunately there isn't the network like the Tindal Street group down this way (Suffolk)). I'm now getting 'You don't have to say' from the library and looking forward to reading it.
Best wishes to you
John
John Saul, Woodbridge
I just came across a kind mention by you in 'GoodReads', being positive about my work. Thanks! I'm still writing, though the book publisher route is getting harder than ever (and unfortunately there isn't the network like the Tindal Street group down this way (Suffolk)). I'm now getting 'You don't have to say' from the library and looking forward to reading it.
Best wishes to you
John
John Saul, Woodbridge
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sue cole says...
sorry couldn't make launch, your mum and Lynda tell me it was a wonderfyl evening waiting for my copy from Amazon I have read your reviews you must be feeling very proud of yourself
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sue cole
02:35 PM on October 01, 2010
sorry couldn't make launch, your mum and Lynda tell me it was a wonderfyl evening waiting for my copy from Amazon I have read your reviews you must be feeling very proud of yourself
take care
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04:58 AM on December 08, 2009
Elizabeth Sarkany says...
I had to tell you that your blog has cheered me up no end in all sorts of ways. I can't say how encouraging I found it that 'King' was rejected (was it by Grasslimb, I can't remember) since it is one of my all-time favourite stories - properly moving, poetic and accomplished - and your collection sits between Carver and Janet Frame on the shelf of books next to my desk that I read when I'm stuck and wordless.
Wow, I'm speechless - between Carver and Janet Frame. That's gone to my head! Thanks Elizabeth. Yes I used to feel like sending the stories back to the mags with a pair of glasses attached. My blog is a way of having the last word. I could paper my walls with rejections - at least I could when they were in paper format. You just have to keep sending stuff. It is odd how mags work. Unfathomable. After a good nineties where most everything I did was published I then had a run of years in the noughties where nothing was accepted. I felt I was finished, but luckily things are beginning to change now. I'm glad my experience has helped you - keep sending the stuff out.
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Elizabeth Sarkany
07:39 AM on December 04, 2009
I had to tell you that your blog has cheered me up no end in all sorts of ways. I can't say how encouraging I found it that 'King' was rejected (was it by Grasslimb, I can't remember) since it is one of my all-time favourite stories - properly moving, poetic and accomplished - and your collection sits between Carver and Janet Frame on the shelf of books next to my desk that I read when I'm stuck and wordless.
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