by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog, Improve your writing
It’s the early days of the new year, but already I’m fielding inquiries from novelists about when I will be accepting submissions again. I’m grateful for your interest and attention. My books will open later this month, and I will let you know by...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 7, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Publishing
Earlier this week a reader whose fiction manuscript has been rejected by a few of the main publishing houses in Australia asked for my advice. She was looking for a translation, really. She wrote: What does it mean when a publisher says: “this is good, better than a...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 27, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
For those readers who don’t use Twitter or who didn’t catch these links the first time I tweeted them, I’ve decided to post a select time-sucking round-up of my most-retweeted links from the past month. Topics will always be some combination of...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
For those readers who don’t use Twitter or who didn’t catch these links the first time I tweeted them, I’ve decided to post a regular round-up of my most-popular links on writing, editing, memoir and grants for writers from the past month. By doing...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
In her “three-part rant” on the PEN Center USA blog, Shanna Mahin makes a series of sharp and timely points about the art and craft of writing memoir. Like many readers, myself included, Shanna is tired of memoir being considered the “red-headed...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
What might it be like to write “for the unknown good of our enemies”? This is one of an inspiring and reassuring list of writers’ resolutions for 2012 from the blog of Brevity magazine: Some of my favourites: I will finish a draft without revising...