In stories for children and young adults, it’s important that it’s the young people themselves who win through, with little (or no) adult help. They are the ones who should be . . .
One of our writers in the Monthly Membership Programme said to me recently, “I have no shortage of ideas but I am easily put off or distracted. A fault of mine, I think.”
Hmm, I don’t think that’s an unusual problem – I think we all
Today I am delighted to bring you 3 tips from author of The Ticking Box, Rev Mark Cowling! After successfully completing the Write for a Reason course, Mark was determined to use his gift and get his stories into print. He has now sold more than 600 copies of his first book . . .
I recently had a week’s break in the beautiful Lake District, in the north of England. Arthur Ransome set many of his Swallows and Amazons novels there, which I read and re-read as a child, always hoping the next one in the series would be . . .