Since I'm 5 weeks off a strict manuscript delivery deadline, I definitely shouldn't be thinking about other book projects. But a plaintive Google search on 'I don't want kids' led some anonymous woman to my website, and it's spurred me on to thinking more about something I've been wanting to do for ages. I'm hoping that there will be people out there who want to help... more details here: http://www.sarahirving.co.uk/?p=413

An unpaid internship advertised on UK PR and journojobs listing websites Gorkana and… Continue

After a few technical blips, Creative Co-operatives, a website I was commissioned to copywrite by Co-operatives UK, the main body representing the co-op sector in the UK, has gone live. The site includes case studies and information on why co-operating, collaborating and co-working can work for writers, journalists and other professionals in the 'creative industries' – acting, graphic design, fine art, textiles, web design, dance,… Continue

I've never been wholly convinced by the idea of writing classes. On my way to being a professional freelance writer, the most useful lessons I've learnt haven't been in classrooms or on webinars, but those taught by the experience of having my stories chucked back at me (metaphorically speaking, usually, in this world of emails and distance working), covered in red ink.

Of the few times I've been in an environment when I have, in theory, been 'taught' writing skills, I've come away either… Continue

Multi-award-winning novelist A L Kennedy just finished the last of three marvellously funny monologues on The Writing Life, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Full of observations on subject ranging from a booktour disturbed by giant woodlice to some very creepy fans, the first two broadcasts are available to listen to for the next few days here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qplcy and… Continue