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What's the most moving love story you've ever read?
14/02/2025

What's the most moving love story you've ever read?

If your writing didn't get off to the start you hoped in 2025, our Diary & Planner will help you hit the reset button! W...
13/02/2025

If your writing didn't get off to the start you hoped in 2025, our Diary & Planner will help you hit the reset button!

We’ve explored the academic research into motivation, productivity and health, to include a range of established techniques and hacks you can apply to your writing, creativity and wellbeing throughout the year 🧡

https://mslexia.co.uk/shop/diary-and-planner-2025/

12/02/2025

What part of your current WIP have you struggled with the most?

'We conceal the delicious details of our stories, those details that so delighted us as we were conjuring them, that pro...
11/02/2025

'We conceal the delicious details of our stories, those details that so delighted us as we were conjuring them, that propelled us to our desks and notebooks throughout that long private journey of creation...That power, that light, is there in all of us. We just need to let it shine.'

Debbie T reminds writers that it's okay to shine brightly in February's Elevenses ✨

Ready for a regular burst of writing wisdom? Sign up to our monthly newsletter https://mslexia.co.uk/contact/newsletter/

Submission Slot! ✍️ Poet Laureate: Send poems up to 14 lines that respond to news items and issues of topical importance...
11/02/2025

Submission Slot! ✍️

Poet Laureate: Send poems up to 14 lines that respond to news items and issues of topical importance, plus a link to that news item/issue. Think outside the box!

Issue 106 deadline: 7 April 2025

https://mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-work/poetry/

10/02/2025

What are your writing plans for the week ahead?

07/02/2025

What's the most uplifting book or poem you've ever read?

Thank you to our Salon members and to the amazing agents who took part in our 2025 ! ❤️
05/02/2025

Thank you to our Salon members and to the amazing agents who took part in our 2025 ! ❤️

It's time for our ! We're kicking off with our Children's & YA event 9-11am, followed by Fiction 12-2pm and Narrative N...
04/02/2025

It's time for our !

We're kicking off with our Children's & YA event 9-11am, followed by Fiction 12-2pm and Narrative Nonfiction & Memoir 3-5pm!

What pitches are grabbing the agents' attention? 👀 Visit the Salon to find out!

https://mslexia.co.uk/salon/events/

Not a member? Find out how to become one!

Our Agent Extravaganza is ✨ OPEN ✨ for pitches!Visit the Salon today 8am-8pm to post your 100-word pitch: https://mslexi...
03/02/2025

Our Agent Extravaganza is ✨ OPEN ✨ for pitches!

Visit the Salon today 8am-8pm to post your 100-word pitch: https://mslexia.co.uk/salon/events/

The agents will be logged on tomorrow reading and responding to the ones that catch their eye!

31/01/2025

What made you want to become a writer?

'Write. Just write. It doesn’t matter if you hate every word of it; it doesn’t matter if it all goes in the bin. Every w...
30/01/2025

'Write. Just write. It doesn’t matter if you hate every word of it; it doesn’t matter if it all goes in the bin. Every word you put down takes you closer to where you want to be. There is no magic. Just. Write.'

Stephanie Butland speaks to the bestselling author Lindsey Kelk about creative community and being taken seriously as a writer of romance in Issue 104.

Is your pitch ready for the Agent Extravaganza?!A great pitch:✨ Grabs the reader's attention straight away✨ Introduces y...
29/01/2025

Is your pitch ready for the Agent Extravaganza?!

A great pitch:
✨ Grabs the reader's attention straight away
✨ Introduces your main characters and setting
✨ Sets the tone and pace of the novel
✨ Explains the ‘why’ of the book
✨ Sets up the dilemma but not the outcome

Find out how to join in https://mslexia.co.uk/salon/

28/01/2025
28/01/2025

Where do you do most of your writing?

Our final Pitch Surgery with Debbie Taylor is ✨ OPEN ✨ Post your pitch anytime before 3pm, then tune in from 5-7pm to re...
27/01/2025

Our final Pitch Surgery with Debbie Taylor is ✨ OPEN ✨

Post your pitch anytime before 3pm, then tune in from 5-7pm to read and comment on each other's pitches while she selects up to 20 for written feedback!

Visit the Salon to find out more or to post your pitch: https://mslexia.co.uk/salon/

Sign up for our monthly Elevenses newsletter for a burst of writing wisdom, recipes, prompts, and more delivered straigh...
23/01/2025

Sign up for our monthly Elevenses newsletter for a burst of writing wisdom, recipes, prompts, and more delivered straight to your inbox at the beginning of every month ✍

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If you're looking to dedicate more time to your writing, come along to one of our write-ins! We'll be joining our Salon members on Zoom for a quiet, congenial hour of writing on Mondays in September, 12-1pm via Zoom. ✍️ https://mslexia.co.uk/salon/ #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Learn how to develop rich narrative worlds and find joy in your writing! ✍️ Join Curtis Brown Creative's five-week online Writing Fiction with Kate Mosse course – you'll get advice from the bestselling author and champion of women writers. Starts 9 May. Enrol now: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing-fiction-with-kate-mosse?&utm_source=mslexia&utm_medium=x&utm_campaign=fkm-0424

Elevate your storytelling and join Curtis Brown Creative's new 4-week online course 'Relationships in Fiction – The Deep Dive' with bestselling author Laura Barnett. Learn how to write relationships that readers can invest in! ✍️ Starts 1 Feb or 14 Mar. Enrol now: https://curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/relationships-in-fiction-the-deep-dive?&utm_source=mselxia&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitter-0124&utm_content=rif-0224

We’ve all heard the creative writing rule of ‘show don’t tell’ – but almost every successful book uses both showing and telling to conjure its magic ✨ Join Anna Freeman, acclaimed novelist and much-loved creative writing tutor, on Curtis Brown Creative’s brand new four-week online course exploring how each works, and when to use them to best effect in your writing. Enrol now to join Anna’s inaugural course, starting 19 Oct: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/showing-and-telling-the-deep-dive

'As the protagonist tries to solve their problems, the structure of your novel will almost magically appear.' Whether you're embarking on a new novel or rethinking a work-in-progress, come and learn how to make your characters propel your plot (and vice versa) with Novel School tutor Margaret Wilkinson ✍️ 10-14 July https://mslexia.co.uk/shop/mslexia-novel-school/ #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Congratulations to everyone who took part in #NaNoWriMo this year! We'd love to hear about what you've written, what you've learned and whether you would do it again! #amwriting

WEEK 2 of NaNoWriMo! Anyone feeling like this? #amwriting #NaNoWriMo

Let's hear it for DAY 5 of NaNoWriMo! Are you loving it? Hating it? Blown away by how much you've already written? #amwriting #NaNoWriMo

Do you read your own work aloud? #amwriting

One week warning! ✨ The Mslexia Fiction Competition closes on 20 September, so polish off those entries and send them our way for your chance to win up to £5,000 plus a package of supporting including pitch mentoring, manuscript feedback, introductions to agents and editors and publication. https://mslexia.co.uk/competitions/open-for-entries/

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