Mentoring for writers is essential as editors, publishers and literary agents become ever busier, authors have told The Bookseller, claiming that everyone in the publishing process benefits from writers having guidance from others in the industry who can act as a sounding board, and champion up-and-coming talent.
Writer Cesca Major, whose début novel will be released next year by Corvus, mentors via the WoMentoring scheme, which was launched earlier this year. The project pairs female authors with women from across the trade, who volunteer their time to offer advice and guidance on the publishing process. "I think there are a lot of writers that have yet to secure an agent, and they are the group that need mentors the most," said Major, who mentors under her writing pseudonym Rosie Blake.
