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If you are a new author we can help with the publishing of
your novel or book.
We can edit, proofread, research market opportunities, organise your files ready for printing and arrange an ISBN.
Email:info@aspiringwriters.co.uk
or telephone 01822 615610

 

Poems in the Waiting Room (PitWR) is an arts in health charity which supplies short collections of poems for patients to read while waiting to see their doctor.  The poems draws from both the canon of English verse and from contemporary works - poetry from Quill to Qwerty. In a patient centred NHS, the selection of poems aims to meet patients' need.

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ASPIRING WRITERS CAN OFFER YOU...
Ghost-writing, proofreading, historical research, organisation of community writing projects, the design of tailor made creative writing courses and a range of workshops including - Romantic Fiction, Travel Writing, Historical Fiction, Children's Writing and 'The Art of Short Story Writing'. 

 

 

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Aspiring Writers offer a practical approach to creative writing, marketing and publishing. We can help you to plan, research and draft your creative writing ideas. Our writing courses include a range of genres and skills, such as writing short stories, novels and historical fiction.

We are based in the Stannary town of Tavistock in West Devon.
 


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PUBLISHED BY ASPIRING WRITERS

Breaking New Ground
By Anna West


©copyright Celia Duncan
www.celiaduncan-artworks.com

CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC FICTION NOVEL
ISBN: 978-0-9558180-0-4
14th February 2008
(see Anna West page)

  • AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AT £8.99
    You can order a copy from this website (Please add £1.80 for postage and packing):
    Email: jackie@aspiringwriters.co.uk,
    Write to: Jackie Waddle, 43 Montgomery Drive, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8JX
    Telephone: 01822 618012
    (Please make cheques payable to J Waddle)
     

  • You can also buy a copy at:
    Bookstop in Tavistock,
    AND Waterstone's Book Shops
     


 

 

 

How to Write Historical Fiction – A practical guide and tool-kit

Will be published at the end of August 2010

For further details please email: myfanwyc@btinternet.com

Tel: 01822 615610

With contributions from Myfanwy Cook (Historical Novels Review),
Bernard Knight (Crowner John series of historical mysteries, former Home Office pathologist and professor of forensic medicine),
Andrew Thompson (Landscape historian and archaeologist) and others.

This is a practical, step- by- step guide designed as a resource for aspiring writers of historical fiction for adults. 
Written in a clear and accessible style, it aims to introduce the writer to the skills involved in writing historical fiction
of different genres, from romance and crime to time-slip.

 

How to carry out and organise your research, planning, techniques to help you make your own writing style more engrossing
and entertaining , and increasing your chances of publication, are a selection of the variety of topics that are covered.

The retail price will be: £9.99

Special pre-publication price for orders placed and paid for before the 14th of February 2010: £7.00

The cost of postage and packing anywhere within the UK is £2.00

 

Please complete the slip below if you would like to pre-order

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How to Write Historical Fiction – A practical guide and tool-kit

Email: myfanwyc@btinternet.com

Date of Publication: End of August 2010

 

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Please make your cheques payable to: M. J. Cook and send them to:
47, Old Exeter Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 OJE, UK

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Your copy will be sent to you at the end of August if postage has been included. 
Free delivery is available for those in Tavistock, Devon.

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