The writing life Archives - The Writing Coach

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 →

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 →

Teaching Writing: Editing vs. Coaching

February 8, 2019 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Editing, Guest post, Inspiration, Literary Consultancy, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers 2 Comments

A Guest Post by writing coach consultant Delia Lloyd. There’s a scene in one of my all-time favourite films, All that Jazz, that addresses the perennial question about innate talent… Read the rest →

Our Writers’ Community: Group outings

July 29, 2018 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Community, Events, Inspiration, Networking, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers 1 Comment

One of the most unique aspects of The Writing Coach is the strong sense of a writers’ community that we foster amongst all of our clients. We really pride ourselves… Read the rest →

‘Isn’t it terrible about Chechnya’: Jane Austen – the wartime writer

January 11, 2018 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Inspiration, Literary Consultancy, Reading, The writing life, Writers 5 Comments

A Guest Post on Jane Austen by former writing coach client Caroline Doherty de Novoa At Jane Austen’s house, you certainly get what you came for. A tiny wooden writing… 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 →

Writing in the Dark – by Miranda Gold

September 19, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Events, Guest post, Inspiration, Markets for your work, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

We are delighted to introduce a guest blog by Miranda Gold, novelist and author of ‘Starlings’ – ‘Writing in the Dark’ explores her experience of working with a writing coach:… 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 →

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 →

The Importance of Reading: ‘Reading as Alchemy’

March 1, 2017 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Authors, Books, Guest post, Inspiration, Reading, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

We are thrilled to announce that Miranda Gold, a former Writing Coach client, has had her first novel Starlings published by Karnac Books. To celebrate her success, we are delighted… 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 →