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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 →

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 →

Common Mistakes in Writing Fiction and how to avoid them

March 11, 2015 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized Leave a Comment

This month, I’m delighted to continue my relationship with The Asian Writer website by contributing a guest post on Common Mistakes in Writing Fiction and how to avoid them. Here’s… Read the rest →

Win two sessions on the Full Mentor Programme

November 29, 2014 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized Leave a Comment

On January 22nd 2015, I will be celebrating the publication of my novel The Modigliani Girl. I’m really excited about this publication by Blackbird Books. To celebrate this news, I’ve… Read the rest →

The book launch for ‘Welcome to Sharonville’ – Jacqui Lofthouse interviews Dr. Sharon Zink

October 1, 2014 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized Leave a Comment

When Sharon Zink launched her book Welcome to Sharonville at New Writing South in Brighton, we were lucky enough to have Nicola Joy recording the event on video. If you… Read the rest →

The Mslexia Children’s Novel Competition

August 2, 2012 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Competitions, Markets for your work, Motivation, Publishing, Resources, Uncategorized 3 Comments

If you have completed (or are very close to completing) a novel for children or young adults, the Mslexia Children’s Novel Competition is the perfect opportunity to get your work… Read the rest →

Annual Review of 2011 (Part One: What went well)

January 6, 2012 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Motivation, Resources, The writing coach, The writing life, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

First of all, a very Happy New Year to you all and wishing all readers of this blog a happy, healthy, and creative 2012! What is the Annual Review? Last… Read the rest →

A view on NaNoWriMo (could you and should you write a novel in a month?)

November 1, 2011 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized 5 Comments

Win an appraisal of 25 pages of your writing work and a copy of my ebook in the Writing Coach Twitter/Facebook Competition (see below) Today marks the first day of… Read the rest →

An artist’s date in nature

July 3, 2011 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized 3 Comments

Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the concept of the ‘Artist’s Date’, the phrase coined by the author of The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron. In Cameron’s words,… Read the rest →

The lure of the independent bookshop

April 22, 2011 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Books, Bookselling, Uncategorized 20 Comments

There is nothing quite like an independent bookshop. I know I’m not alone in bemoaning the homogenisation of bookshops these days. I often feel deflated when I walk into Waterstones… Read the rest →

On Uncertainty (or the Van Gogh School of writing fiction)

May 17, 2010 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized Leave a Comment

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream” – Van Gogh Recently, on a short holiday to Woodbridge, Suffolk, we… Read the rest →

Wedding Rondeau: musing on a serious literary life

June 12, 2005 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Uncategorized Leave a Comment

This first entry from my earlier blog ‘This Stubborn World’ sees me returning from a trip to Barcelona, struggling with the tension between a serious literary life and the earnestness… Read the rest →