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Read our latest e-newsletter

Posted by Mick North in Downloads, News, Resources on April 12, 2010

The April issue of our monthly newsletter is available to view or download as a PDF file:

Wordsworths Dead April 2010

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The (at least) 10 Rules of Writing

Posted by Mick North in News, Resources on March 12, 2010

Elmore Leonard’s famous 10 rules have just been published in book form (with brilliantly sinuous, hard-boiled drawings by Joseph Ciardiello) in the UK, but you can read them for nowt here on The Guardian’s website, along with more 10 rulers from Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy and many others …

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Wordsworth’s Dead! – read our latest newsletter

Posted by Mick North in Downloads, News on March 3, 2010

If you don’t subscribe to our e-newsletter, read the March issue here – Wordsworth’s Dead No.1 Mar 2010

To subscribe, email us at enquiries@newwritingcumbria.org.uk

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Writing in Three Dimensions

Posted by Judi Wright in Downloads, Resources on January 14, 2010

UrbanWords has commissioned the poet, Linda France, to share her experience of and ideas about writing and public art. Writing in Three Dimensions is an engaging article, discussing the difference between writing for the page and writing for a place. You can download it for free from A Place For Words. UrbanWords is committed to [...]

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HOW DO I GET PUBLISHED?

Posted by Sue Allan in Downloads, Resources on July 30, 2009

To be or not to be is not the question. The question is  how do I get published? At least that’s the one we get asked most at New Writing Cumbria. We’ve put together a factsheet of suggestions -  not a guaranteed route to that particular pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but a [...]

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CRITIQUE SERVICES FOR FICTION WRITERS

Posted by Sue Allan in Downloads, Resources on July 30, 2009

Struggling with your characters or your plot?  Wanting to hone your prose to attract an agent or a publisher? Then consider getting a mentor to act as editor and guide and lick your fiction into shape. Download a list of fiction critique services here: Fiction Critique Services If a writing group is more your style, then [...]

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WRITERS’ GROUPS IN CUMBRIA

Posted by Sue Allan in Downloads, Resources on July 30, 2009

If you’d like to share your poetry and fiction with other people, hear others’ work and find constructive criticism and instruction in a supportive atmosphere then a writing group is just the thing for you. There are 26 writers groups across Cumbria, so there’s bound to be one near you – download our list of groups [...]

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Websites for writers, readers, and teachers

Posted by Sue Allan in Links, Resources on July 14, 2009

Click on the section title above for our extensive guide to useful websites.

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