A Problem Shared: Volume Three: Ten Writing Dilemmas
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Jane Wenham-Jones - agony aunt for Writing Magazine - gives advice on literary queries, writing worries and the obstacles faced by anyone hoping to be published.
In this volume the questions answered are:
21. Concentration
22. Writing Clutter
23. Writing When Stressed
24. Jealousy
25. Two-dimensional Characters
26. Writing Partnership Gone Wrong
27. Series for Publishers
28. Confidence to Approach an Agent
29. Book Sales
30. Building a Brand
Jane Wenham-Jones
Jane Wenham-Jones is an author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, writing competition judge, and speaker who lives in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in two of her novels. The author of four novels (Raising the Roof; Perfect Alibis; One Glass is Never Enough; and Prime Time, the latter being shortlisted for the RNA’s Romantic Comedy of the Year award), two non-fiction writing guides (Wannabe a Writer; and Wannabe a Writer We’ve Heard Of) and a humorous diet book, 100 Ways to Fight the Flab and Still Have Wine and Chocolate. As a journalist she has written for the Guardian, The Bookseller, Booktime, Sunday Express, Daily Express, The Sun, The Times, Sunday Times and numerous women’s magazines. She has regular columns in Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special, her local paper the Isle of Thanet Gazette and Writing Magazine, where she is the agony aunt, and you can find many of her Plain Jane posts on this site’s blog. A member of Equity, Jane also broadcasts on radio, works the after-dinner circuit, talks to writers groups and conferences, and has worked as a celebrity speaker for P&O. She has hosted the Romance Novelists’ Association’s RoNas – the annual awards for the best in Romantic Fiction – for the last six years, presented many events at the Guildford, Belfast and Whitstable book festivals and been a regular at ChipLitFest at Chipping Norton since its inception. As an interviewer/chair, she has presented panels and been “in conversation with” dozens of authors and personalities including Jonathan Aitken, Rachel Allen, David Baddiel, Lynn Barber, Tim Bentinck, Fern Britton (pictured left), Kay Burley, Darcey Bussell, Tania Carver, Mavis Cheek, Julian Clary, Ann Cleeves, Jenny Colgan, Charles Collingwood (actor), John Crace (writer), Nadine Dorries, Tim Dowling, Stella Duffy, Jenny Eclair, Katie Fforde, Judy Finnigan, Steve Furst, Mel Giedroyc, Joanne Harris, Angela Hartnett, Veronica Henry, Victoria Hislop, Gill Hornby, Peter James, Lisa Jewell, Cathy Kelly, India Knight, Irma Kurtz, Helen Lederer, Prue Leith, Kathy Lette, Richard Madeley, Lucy Mangan, Jill Mansell, Santa Montefiore, Bel Mooney, Kate Mosse, Jojo Moyes, David Nicholls, David Nobbs, Amanda Ross, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Penny Vincenzi, Fiona Walker, Fay Weldon, and Kate Williams. TV Credits include: Ready, Steady, Cook; Loose Lips; Kilroy; Just for Starters; The Russell Grant Show; The Heaven and Earth Show; The Politics Show; The Property Channel; Legal TV; The Wright Stuff; and Inside Out.
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A Problem Shared - Jane Wenham-Jones
A Problem Shared
Volume 3
Ten Writing Dilemmas
posed by Writing Magazine readers
Answered by Jane Wenham-Jones
Compiled and edited by Morgen Bailey
Copyright © 2017 Jane Wenham-Jones.
Copyrighted as per the UK Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988.
All rights reserved.
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Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.
Smashwords Edition 2017
Jane Wenham-Jones has been Writing Magazine’s agony aunt since 2005. This is how she describes her role…
"My monthly column in Writing Magazine, ‘Talk It Over’, is a discussion of some sort of writing dilemma – from what to do if your work keeps getting rejected, for example (have a stiff drink and send it out again), to whether it’s a good idea to give up the day job to do it full-time (probably not!), and why you can never get past the 10,000-word mark when you try to write a novel (you’re being a wimp – don’t give up so easily).
Doing it is particularly special to me as I can remember reading Writing Magazine and sister publication, Writers News (they are now combined into one volume) when I first started out, and gazing enviously at all those tales of book deals etc. Writing Magazine is a very useful source of information if you’re any sort of writer or would like to be – there’s lots of info on markets, competitions, who’s looking for what and so on as well as interviews, how-to articles – and Me! :)"
This e-book features a hand-picked selection of ten of those Talk it Over columns intended to help or inspire you, whether you are a new writer seeking guidance or you are further along the path to publication and need reassurance that you are doing the right thing.
Read the questions posed by Writing Magazine readers and Jane’s replies, with additional updates to reflect the changes to the writing industry and book world that have taken place since these columns first appeared. Where other authors’ books have been mentioned, it is likely they have published other work since, so rather than list them all, we have provided you with their latest titles (at the time) and / or their publisher name, so you can check them out yourself, if you wish.
Enjoy!
Contents
21. Concentration
22. Writing Clutter
23. Writing When Stressed
24. Jealousy
25. Two-dimensional Characters
26. Writing Partnership Gone Wrong
27. Series for Publishers
28. Confidence to Approach an Agent
29. Book Sales
30. Building a Brand
Problem no.21: Concentration (2006)
I've always wanted to write novels although to date have only got as far as a patchy first draft