It was August 2013. I had a nearly finished manuscript, and a plan. I was aiming to submit my children’s novel, Fire Girl, to literary agents after Christmas and then cross my fingers. I was braced for the wait. The… Read more
Tag: Blog Tour
Guest Blog: Jane McLoughlin – UV’s “Awesomeness”
Last month I was delighted (and proud) to be attending SCBWI’s Undiscovered Voices launch at Foyles Books in London. This competition (open to SCBWI members only—so join, why don’t you?) for unagented and unpublished children’s writers, seems to have more… Read more
UV2016 – Blog Round Up.
A superb summary of the launch event by our friends at the SCBWI British Isles webzine Words and Pictures has appeared, with lots of advice from judging panels. Feast on these selected tips at Words and Pictures and you can look for… Read more
How to Write a Winning Opening: Claire Fayers shares her tips!
A finalist in the last Undiscovered Voices, Claire Fayers now has an agent and signed contract for her novel, The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to Magical North, due to be published by Macmillan next year. She’s been blogging over over at… Read more
Guest Blog: Jane Hardstaff – Believing in the Possible.
Finalist in Undiscovered Voices 2012, author Jane Hardstaff takes a break from writing to share her thoughts about her UV journey… It was all delightfully anonymous. To begin with anyway. I’d been writing alone, almost in secret, desolate and hopeful at… Read more
Blog Tour: ATTENTION SEEKING? BEGIN YOUR BOOK WITH A BANG
Stephanie Thwaites, Children’s Agent at Curtis Brown UK sparkles with good advice as she delves into the secrets of what makes a good opening. She explores three key components and some fantastic examples of how to grab the reader and… Read more
Blog Tour: Behind the Scenes of an Illustrators’ Competition
UV illustration champion and SCBWI BI Illustrator Coordinator Anne-Marie Perks introduces the illustration judges, shares behind-the-scenes of the evolving illustration side to the UV competition and reveals some top tips of aspiring and pre-published illustrators hoping to enter. Click here… Read more
Blog Tour: Richard Masson on his “lucky break”
Previous UV finalist, Richard Masson, talks about why he entered the Undiscovered Voices Competition as the Blog Tour continues. He says, “What made me enter UV2012 apart from their impressive success rate was that I had been more successful with… Read more