Category Archives: Writers in action

A date for your diary

Posted on 7 September, 2010 by Ian Cundell

Julie Mayhew’s play Stopgap airs on Radio 4 tomorrow, 8 September. 2:15pm. Oh, and the new VWC season starts at 8pm.

Posted in Radio, Writers in action | Leave a comment

Kate Allan’s book of the heart

Posted on 6 September, 2010 by Ian Cundell
Posted in Inspiration, Writers in action | Leave a comment

Leigh Russell

Posted on 8 May, 2010 by Kevin Bennett

Bestselling and highly acclaimed crime novelist Leigh Russell paid Verulam Writers’ Circle a visit recently. You can read a little about the night HERE

Posted in Writers in action | 1 Comment

Ignore at my peril

Posted on 28 April, 2010 by Julie Mayhew

I’m doing the Hothouse Weekend with The Fielding Programme this weekend… Here’s why.

Posted in Inspiration, The hard slog, Writers in action | Leave a comment

Mrs Darcy’s New YouTuberance

Posted on 26 April, 2010 by Jon Pinnock

In case you didn’t already know, there’s a new trailer out for “Mrs Darcy vs The Aliens”! More details here. And if you happen to be on Facebook, Mrs Darcy now has her own fan page, and she’d love you … Continue reading →

Posted in The hard slog, Writers in action | Leave a comment

Accuracy in writing

Posted on 11 April, 2010 by Kevin Bennett

Why we need proofreaders – or writers’ circles - using our old whipping horse Dan Brown as an example!

Posted in Analysis, Critique, Technique, The hard slog, Writers in action | 3 Comments

Red Ink read out

Posted on 8 April, 2010 by Julie Mayhew

Certain VWC members said that I should put together some audio of me reading Red Ink to promote my book. Here’s proof that I do listen to good advice.

Posted in Inspiration, Writers in action | 1 Comment

The Get Writing 2010 Conference Cup

Posted on 6 March, 2010 by Ian Cundell

In all the post-Get Writing 2010 hubbub, I’ve just noticed that we completely forgot to record the result of the Get Writing Short Story competition. As a wise man once said: oops. So, for the record: GW10 was  the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Competitions and festivals, Inspiration, Writers in action | Leave a comment

On love, life and Libertine

Posted on 1 March, 2010 by Sandra Norval

I’ve just made a serious commitment to Libertine. Read all about it here: It’s as challenging as a New Year’s Resolution, but I’m hoping it will last longer!

Posted in On writing, The hard slog, Writers in action | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Positive thoughts on rejection

Posted on 28 February, 2010 by Oscar Windsor-Smith

I’ve posted a few thoughts on the good side of rejection here. scar

Posted in Agents: can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em, The hard slog, Writers in action | Leave a comment