Contribution by Andrew Wright The Way Round "Be clear about what you want to say and then keep on trying to say it until there’s just enough words to get it across and not one more." A very wise editor There’s a curious relationship between writing a story and...
My name’s Andrew Wright and I’m the writer of (and midwife to) a series of novels about a boy called Gareth who has amazing magic locked up in his head. But this blog isn’t about Gareth, not yet anyway, it’s about the birth pains and...
Ben Illis has very kindly agreed to answer some questions for us about working with agents. Before Ben was an agent, he was an editor, a writer, a photographer, a bookseller, a publisher. GE: Any tips for finding/working with agents? BI: Yes, indeed. Most agencies will be...
Professor Andrew Melrose, Winchester University I have been writing about writing for children for a long time and I do a lot of research. Most recently I have noticed a lot of critics seem to be pre-occupied with the notion that there is no such thing...
By Jeanie Waudby Cross The Line will be my first published book, so the experience of being edited was something new for me. But it was also something I had looked forward to, because after years of self-editing and rewriting I knew how difficult it is...
By Dr Vanessa Harbour Read, read and then read a bit more. As writers one of the most important things we can do is read. This is for a variety of reasons: 1. Read to find out what you like. 2. And conversely read to find out what...
The launch of the Golden Egg Academy in Bath last weekend was full of cake, coffee, brilliant talks and the most wonderful fizzing kind of energy. My kind of event. As I listened to the speakers, it struck me how alike the very...
Another New Year heralding the end of books? Like silent film stars, Cliff Richard and cassette players, are novels to be consigned to the ‘has beens’ of history? Or worse, revived as retro fashion accessories for rich collectors of fine editions - more about the...
It is so ‘eggsciting’ here as we are building up not just to Christmas and the New Year but also to our cracking launch on January 12th. We have had so much fantastic news already as we head towards our ‘hatching’ including the fact that...
At the Golden Egg Academy we aim to provide an holistic approach to the task of getting manuscripts ready for the eyes of publishers and agents. To that end, we will be working hard not just to develop your manuscripts but to understand you as...
