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Roger from Llanrhaeadr
i would like to hear of any local writing groups where i could hear what other writers have experienced .
Fri Apr 3 09:03:09 2009
roger from llanrhaeadr
message for Tim Wood of Oswestry,I would like to know how to join your group.
Fri Apr 3 09:02:55 2009
Ryan Jones nr Oswestry
I'm on the look out for writing groups in the Oswestry area. I write short stories and poems that make very little sense but help me sleep.
Mon Jun 9 09:38:12 2008
Tim Wood nr Oswestry
I began a creative writing group in oswestry a year ago. Hard work getting over the apathy people display over their creative urges. I have a project that i,and the two remaining group members need help with.but basically i'm doing this for entirely selfish motives i want creative types. Writer, artists etc etc to bounce off each other in relaxed surroundings. It help and motivates me.so should help others too. Contact me through this website if ur in the area nr just need some outlet for your creative passions.
Sun Mar 30 19:05:26 2008
Janice Price Aberdare
I have been a writer on tour now with the arts council of wales and despite having read in hundreds of venues I cannot seem to get a book published. If I go down the road of self publishing which i have on occasion, they sell like mad, so where am I going wrong. Will someone tell me.
Tue Aug 15 10:12:27 2006
Dave from Knighton
Recently there's been a new section on the Powys Libraries website called 'Shelf Life'. It's an excellent site full of info about book genres, good reads, selected authors etc.
Thu Dec 15 16:13:58 2005
John Haines from Crosby
Art versus money. This is the number one conflict for writers. The reason for this is that readers and reading are tied in to the system of obtaining the desired titles, from commercial sources. I'm not against this, but it does mean a huge number of fine writers are never read, because they have not meet the narrow, formulaic criteria that characterises the publishing industry as a whole.
Wed Dec 7 23:12:13 2005
Philip Glynn from Newtown, Powys
I have been a 'creative' writer for so long I dare not think how long. But I do remember being in a valley in Cornwall when I was in my 20s and starting a story. I have now retired, I was 65 on May 15th and currently have 3 short stories at My Weekly. I sent the latest off today. We used to have a writer's group in Newtown led by Deslie Moore who wrote 3 books about Newtown's past. She died and the group went with her so I am very much on my own. But I am lucky. I send my work to several friends, all women, and they judge it. But my main critic works in Newtown and she has been known to savage a story. I know what's it's like to have to rewrite. I have tried to start an online group, I called it Scribblers but it never really got started. I do miss the contact with other authors, particularly those who have actually succeeded. Deslie's group was not much use for training to be a commercial writer. I remember going to the WEA (Workers Educational Association) in my early 20s in Birmingham. One good thing came out of Deslie's group, she used to give us a title to make something of, and I'm still working my way through those titles. I am a great fan of Leslie Pearse who has written a lot of books, and I read whenever I can. But the main problem is knowing what will sell. I did start a novel years ago which is still there waiting for me to finish, but I see the thousands of books in WHS and decided to concentrate on the short story market. Contact between writers like myself has always been spasmodic, but I still feel a group like Scribblers could work. Could someone send me the relevant details of the Welsh Assembly's scheme for writers like myself and an application form. Now that I have retired, there is plenty for me to do but writing is my first love, and I am determined to prove I can write something that is commercial.
Tue May 31 10:49:06 2005
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