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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 →

Routes to Publication – our Google Academy event

August 25, 2018 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Community, Motivation, Networking, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

We were recently lucky enough to host our Routes to Publication event at Google Academy in central London. On the evening, our Founder Jacqui Lofthouse chaired a discussion with special… Read the rest →

Routes to Publication: our Event at Google Academy

July 18, 2018 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Bookselling, Community, Corporate, Events, Inspiration, Motivation, Publishing, Self-publishing, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

A Panel Event at Google Academy exploring routes to publication and writerly integrity in the process Thursday August 16th at 6.30pm- 9.30pm Jacqui Lofthouse interviews special guests Louise Doughty, John… Read the rest →

An interview with novelist Stuart Warner

September 21, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Guest post, Inspiration, Interviews, Motivation, Self-publishing, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers 2 Comments

In this post, our Founder Jacqui Lofthouse interviews her former client, the novelist Stuart Warner, author of The Sound of Everything. They discuss his transition from poet to novelist. When… Read the rest →

Words Away Salon: ‘Be Your Own Writing Coach’

June 25, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Community, Confidence, Events, Interviews, Motivation, Networking, Productivity, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

The Words Away salon is on Monday, July 3, 2017 7:30pm – 9:30pm at The Tea House Theatre, Vauxhall Do you need some inspiration and motivation tips to get going… Read the rest →

Literary Fiction – a panel discussion at Waterstones

June 20, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Community, Events, Inspiration, Motivation, Networking, Reading, The writing coach, Writers Leave a Comment

Join us on Wednesday 12th July 2017 A panel discussion chaired by Writing Coach founder Jacqui Lofthouse on the subject of Literary Fiction at Waterstones Gower Street Is literary fiction… Read the rest →

Our Founder at The People’s Book Prize

May 25, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Competitions, Events, Inspiration, Modiglini, Motivation, Publishing, The writing coach, Writers 2 Comments

We are delighted to announce that our Founder Jacqui Lofthouse was shortlisted in The People’s Book Prize for her novel The Modigliani Girl. Jacqui attended the prize-giving ceremony at The… Read the rest →

Life imitating Art: The People’s Book Prize

May 19, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Books, Events, Inspiration, Marketing, Modiglini, Motivation, Publishing, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

Lately I feel as if I’m living in a hall of mirrors. All around me are reflections of my own imaginings – layer upon layer of slightly distorted repetitions –… Read the rest →

How the Bridport Prize kick-started my novel

November 21, 2016 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Competitions, Confidence, Events, Inspiration, Markets for your work, Motivation, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

Carolyn Kirby, a former Writing Coach client, reached the short-list of this year’s Bridport Prize award for a first novel. In this guest post, Carolyn writes about her experience of… Read the rest →

Non-fiction and its possibilities: a guest post by Glynis Kozma

November 7, 2016 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Confidence, Inspiration, Literary Consultancy, Marketing, Markets for your work, Motivation, Publishing, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

Writing non-fiction can be every bit as creative as writing fiction and equally as satisfying. Our perceptions on non-fiction may be narrow and perhaps need challenging in order to be… Read the rest →

Networking for writers and why it matters

November 5, 2015 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Community, Events, Inspiration, Memoir, Motivation, Networking, The writing life, Writers 4 Comments

There’s no doubt about it, networking for writers matters. Luckily, for most of us, meeting other writers is also a hugely enjoyable pastime. But even if you’re an introvert who… Read the rest →

Memoir writing and memory: fact versus truth

September 21, 2015 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Inspiration, Literary Consultancy, Memoir, Motivation, Writers Leave a Comment

Guest Post on memoir writing from new Writing Coach consultant Jon Magidsohn I once heard an interview with musician Melissa Etheridge, who discovered, while listening to the lyrics of a… Read the rest →