Three Border Songs – Parry/Horne Scottish Chamber Orchestra song cycle commission Three Border Songs, with composer Suzanne Parry, singer Hannah Rarity (Scottish Young Traditional Musician of the Year) and three musicians from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Part of Sounding Out the Past for Borders Heritage Festival. Listen to Suzanne Parry/Jules Horne’s Three Border Songs: The …
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I’m delighted to have a feature in the brilliant writing magazine Mslexia on copywriting for creative writers! It’s the first time I’ve had work in Mslexia, and the article was inspired by an article in a recent issue on the financial difficulties faced by writers. Since I live in a rural area and work freelance, …
It’s been an exciting end to the year, getting my freelance copywriting book for creative writers out there! I wrote it for creative writers and journalists who want to start a copywriting business, but don’t know how to make the transition to commercial writing. This kind of business book for creative writers wasn’t around when …
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Phew! I’ve just pressed the button on Wrapped Town, my second collection of short stories, and the one I’ve been really burning to publish. Here’s the background: Ten years ago, the collection went out to several US publishers through literary agent Faye Bender, and got some fantastic reviews. However, short story collections weren’t being taken …
A few years back, I was publishing short stories, and had some ‘great writing but no dice’ reviews from US publishers. At that time, they weren’t interested in short fiction, and wanted to see a novel. I didn’t have a novel. It’s not the kind of thing you can just produce from your sleeve. So my …