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Interview with Mark Leggatt

June 15, 2022 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized Leave a Comment

  Mary Fletcher, one of our clients, interviews Mark Leggatt, crime writer and consultant at The Writing Coach. Within moments, the efficiency and analytical cunning of Mark Leggatt are obvious.… Read the rest →
Literary Event,

Our Charity Literary Event for War Child

March 31, 2022 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Events, Inspiration, Networking, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

Join us for a discussion exploring the space that literature can offer amidst the current crisis.  All proceeds to the charity War Child. Join authors Miranda Gold, Alice Jolly, Fran… Read the rest →

Inside Story – The Writing Coach Membership

February 11, 2022 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Community, Confidence, Guest post, Inside Story, Literary Consultancy, Membership, The writing coach, The writing life, Writing Exercises Leave a Comment

A guest post by Jacqueline Smith, member of Inside Story. My first experience of  The Writing Coach was through joining Inside Story, but I’d first met Jacqui many years ago… Read the rest →
The Ghost of a Liew

Michelle Graham Taylor and The Ghost Of A Lie

January 14, 2022 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Interviews, Motivation, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

Jacqueline Smith interviews Michelle Graham Taylor, a previous client of The Writing Coach, about her book The Ghost of a Lie. ‘Like a Runner Needs to Run’ Michelle Graham Taylor… Read the rest →
Phil Viner

The Writing Life of PD Viner, Crime Writer and Crime Writing Mentor

December 7, 2021 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Inspiration, Interviews, Literary Consultancy, Publishing, The writing life, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Recently Jacqueline Smith interviewed the Crime Writer PD Viner. Phil Viner is one of our consultants and a Crime Writing Mentor at The Writing Coach. His first novel The Last… Read the rest →

An interview with author Bryony Pearce

November 30, 2021 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Interviews, Teaching, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

Mary Fletcher, one of our clients, interviews Bryony Pearce, writer and consultant at The Writing Coach. It’s difficult not to be charmed by Bryony Pearce. Dressed in a faintly sparkling… Read the rest →

How The Writing Coach Helped Me Build a Writing Career

August 10, 2021 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Confidence, Guest post, Inspiration, Motivation, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

Discover how The Writing Coach turned my distant dreams of a writing business into an exciting new reality through coaching, writing feedback, and support.

Celebrating our MA Creative Writing success stories at UEA

December 11, 2020 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Confidence, Inspiration, Memoir, Teaching, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

We are delighted to announce that three of our current and former clients will soon be finishing the first term of their Creative Writing MAs at the University of East… Read the rest →
The Organised Writer

An interview with Antony Johnston, author of ‘The Organised Writer’

October 2, 2020 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Inspiration, Interviews, Motivation, Productivity, The writing life Leave a Comment

Our Founder Jacqui Lofthouse is delighted to interview Antony Johnston, author of The Organised Writer, published by Bloomsbury, 1st October. As one who’s fairly obsessed about productivity for writers herself,… Read the rest →

The Silence of the Archives – A guest post by Pete Langman

February 24, 2020 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Character, Guest post, Inspiration, Literary Consultancy, Reading, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers 4 Comments

Our former client Pete Langman, author of Killing Beauties, met his publisher John Mitchinson of Unbound at our Writing Coach ‘Google Academy’ event Here he writes about how we transform… Read the rest →

Supporting The Creative Future Writers’ Award

November 25, 2019 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Competitions, Inspiration, Publishing, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

Founded in 2013, The Creative Future Writers’ Award is an annual development programme which celebrates talented, under-represented  writers from a variety of backgrounds, who lack opportunities due to mental health… Read the rest →

Creativity and Leadership – A Guest Post by Trevor Waldock

July 15, 2019 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Guest post, Inspiration, Interviews, Literary Consultancy, Self-publishing, The writing coach, The writing life, Uncategorized, Writers 1 Comment

We are delighted to share this guest post by Trevor Waldock. Trevor is one of the best-known, and best-respected, executive coaches in Europe and has worked at the most senior… Read the rest →
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So shocked to hear the news about Salman Rushdie a So shocked to hear the news about Salman Rushdie and thinking of his friends and loved ones. A terrible day for the worldwide literary community.

Posted @withregram • @peninternational “PEN International utterly condemns the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie. Salman is an esteemed and celebrated author and beloved member of the PEN community, who has been facing threats for his work for years. No one should be targeted, let alone attacked, for peacefully expressing their views. We wish our dear friend a speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with him and his family.” – Burhan Sonmez, PEN International President.
 
Read our statement condemning the attack on former PEN America President, Salman Rushie, today in New York. Link in bio.

#SalmanRushdie
Wow! On Friday I spent an hour or so looking throu Wow! On Friday I spent an hour or so looking through old journals, searching for some notes on an early novel idea that I'm considering reviving. But when I came across a particular entry in 1997, I nearly fell off my chair... and when I saw the date - well… 

What it said was this: "Instead of teaching, I could run my own business - the complete writer? The essential writer? The writing coach? Fiction school?" 

What! 'The Writing Coach'? In 1997? But I didn't start training as a coach until 2003? I didn't know what coaching was before then! I was teaching writers, yes, nurturing them individually, meeting them to talk about their work. Coaching Writers. Except I didn't call it that. But there it was in black and white. With that date, exactly 25 years ago! 

I knew, reading this, that I had to do something to celebrate this unexpected anniversary. So first of all, I've gathered some of my own favourite free resources in one place to offer you. You can find them all via my newsletter in link in profile. 

I’m also offering 3 mentoring places for one year with me at close to 50% off my usual rates - for those who sign up this weekend. If you have ever considered making the investment of working with me for a full year, this is the weekend to go for it! Find the details via link in profile.

I would love to work with you personally, to do some intense work on your writing mindset, your craft and your connection with the literary world. I'll read and annotate 80,000 words of your work over the year and we can talk about your writing career on a deep level in our monthly calls. My aim is to make a massive impact on your writing life this year. 

I'm also offering four of these meetings as in-person in London. Think 'discussing agent choices' at Tate Modern members room over a pot of Earl Grey...

I'm doing a little happy dance thinking about it! 

Book by midnight on Sunday 7th August to access it. I can't wait to find out who my Ultimate Clients from September 2022 will be...

There’s also a link in the newsletter to many free resources - on editing, dialogue, confidence, purpose and planning.
#writerscommunity #writingcoach #writingmentor #writersofinstagram
Mary Fletcher, one of our clients, interviews Mark Mary Fletcher, one of our clients, interviews Mark Leggatt, crime writer and consultant at The Writing Coach.

Mark is the author of five books and a former technology specialist. He is an editor and mentor.  Mark is also a member of the author touring group ‘Four Blokes In Search of a Plot’, a show which performs in theatres and arts venues, and writes a very short crime novel live on stage, while discussing all the aspects of being a writer and publishing. The stories are truly terrible, so it’s just as well it’s done for laughs or he’d never sell another book! He has appeared at festivals across Scotland and was invited to Thrillerfest in New York for three years running. He is represented by a leading London literary agency.

He has a keen interest in technological and international thrillers, crime, especially Tartan Noir, and loves fantasy, sci-fi and psychological crime. He enjoys the mentoring of debut authors, so he can show them all the mistakes he made as a debut, so they don’t have to. Just as well he can laugh about it.

We are so grateful to have Mark on our team.  You can read the interview via the link in the bio.

#writingcoach #authorinterview #author #igwriters #writersofig #instawriters #authorsofinstagram #writerscommunity #writerslife #crimewriting #fantasywriting
What a fabulous Brighton launch for Phil Viner’s What a fabulous Brighton launch for Phil Viner’s (PD Viner) novel ‘The Call’ @northlainecafe. 

Phil’s one of our mentoring team at The Writing Coach @thewritingcoach and it was great to catch up with @laura_wilkinsonwriter and @nikkisheehan3 there too - also Writing Coach mentors and friends - as well as well as novelist friend @katewritesbooks . Here’s to great success for ‘The Call’

“In a frantic late-night phone call, Ben learns his wife, Mia, has killed a man. And she needs his help.

When Ben arrives at Mia's hotel room, the scene is horrific - but over the course of the night it will get much worse.

All their secrets will be uncovered, and they will discover how far they'll go to protect themselves and each other... will they kill for love? Or will they die for it?
One phone call. Twelve hours to save their marriage. And their lives.”

 #thriller #launchparty #writingcoach #writingmentor #crimefiction #crimefictionmentor
Are you a fiction or memoir writer who wants to im Are you a fiction or memoir writer who wants to improve your work and complete a finished manuscript? 

If you have dabbled in writing fiction or memoir but now want to make strides with your writing or if you’re an experienced writer looking to polish a second draft of the work, this exclusive one day course with The Writing Coach Founder @jacquilofthouse will make a real difference to your output and your craft. 

You will learn what literary agents and publishers are looking for, but equally importantly how you can achieve this, whilst maintaining your authentic voice.

Join us on Saturday 28th May by signing up via the link in the bio.

#writingcoach #writingworkshop #amwriting #writinglife #writinghabits #writingritual #writersofinstagram
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