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Sat, 01/01/2005 - 12:00am
Writers' Resources has been developed to help writers get published or to self-publish

We have enlisted the help of a number of distinguished writers and publishing figures to develop our Writers' Resources. Over the years this has become a massive resource base for writers.  Read more

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Links to websites of interest by category - suggestions always welcome

These are our recommended links to sites of interest to writers, selected by us or suggested by you, accompanied by a brief review.

New links are added all the time,  so it's worth checking the many interesting sites we have added.  Read more

© Chris Holifield 2004-14

Picture library links

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 12:00am
How picture libraries work

The growth of digital technology

With the rapid spread of digital imaging and web use has come a huge change in the way images are sourced through the Internet. Picture researchers of vast experience and encyclopaedic knowledge have been challenged by younger researchers who can undercut them on cost and whose greatest strength is their ability is to find the right image quickly   Read more

Keyboard skills

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 12:00am
Learn to touch-type

The online courses which are available to help you learn to touch-type  Read more

Writers Online Services

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Writers' Blogs

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Links to other web resources

Writers’ Software

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 12:00am
Where to look

There are thousands of products that claim to help writers do their job better, and some of them do just that. But finding the appropriate product for your work can be a trying experience. The web is full of sites offering shiny new software, and there is no easy way to tell if you are buying the right tool for the job.
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The BBC National Short Story Award 2022

Information

Closing date: 
21 March 2022
Entry: 
British nationals and UK residents, aged 18 years or over. No entry fee
Prize: 
Winner £15,000 plus 4 shortlisted authors £600

The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) and BBC Young Writers' Award with Cambridge University (YWA) opened for submissions at 9am on Thursday 13th January 2022.The BBC National Short Story Award is one of the most prestigious for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £15,000, and four further shortlisted authors £600 each.  Read more

'Don't make it up any more'

24 January 2022

‘There's a whole debate about... whether we're just constrained to write about ourselves.  Read more

'It never occurred to me to write something people want to read.'

— Hanya Yanagihara

10 January 2022 - What's new

January 2022
  • ‘If there is anything I believe to be foundational to the business of writing then it is this: writing is work. To frame it in this way is to acknowledge that good writing doesn't come out, fully formed, at two in the morning; and nor does it require anything extraordinary in the way of genius or education, although of course it's possible to have an aptitude for it, and reading helps.
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