Guz Stampel, the newly appointed UK Writing Chancellor, told BBC radio 4 that the government is ‘committed’ to scrapping the Author Rights Act (ARA 1998) and replacing it with a “British bill of author rights.”  The Author Rights Act came into force in the UK in 2000, it effectively enshrines the protections in the 1950 European Convention on Author Rights […]

My father has fallen. I am actively seeking new clients. Please send: Query letter by email or regular mail with SASE. Please include the first 5 pages of your manuscript with your query letter. If you email, NO attachments please, unless requested. No materials double sealed in bubble wrap. Every query gets a response. (Spam excluded!) You’ll hear from me […]

Did you know that the average cost of a publication in 2015 was £3,737, up by 24pc from 2011? By 2023, costs are predicted to rise to more than £6,107. If they continue, your love ones my find themselves with a large bill when the time for publication comes, unless you have a guarantee that […]

Atomic House. Atomic Road. Atomic Cafe. Atomic Hotel. Friendly rejections. For seven years I did not wash my hair.

Allowed to die at home. Never ask me whether I slept. Dementia friends. Not today.

Poets launch campaign to empower Londoners to #ChooseAPoemNotANovel. Pledge your support to stop novel crime: 1) I  will not write a novel. 2) I will discourage my friends or family members from writing a novel. 3) I will not get involved in a novel publishing. 4) I choose lyrics and poems. Hard hitting posters and […]