TLC's Self Editing Fiction tutor Jon Barton has a guest piece in The Honest Author, a fantastic Substack by editor and author Phoebe Morgan. Includes editing tips & special discount on course enrolment. Our Self Editing Fiction course begins April 22nd! honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-to-sel...

We are delighted to welcome author, communications consultant and happy writing expert Elise Valmorbida to the TLC Advisory Board. Please help us to welcome Elise! literaryconsultancy.co.uk/about-tlc/ad...

🖋The Literary Consultancy is HIRING for a Writing Services Assistant. Contract: Fixed-term (12 months) Hours: Full time* (*or 4 days per week) Location: Remote Salary: £26k p/a Deadline: 9am March 16th Full job description and details on how to apply! literaryconsultancy.co.uk/about-tlc/jo...

40 full and 60 half-fee sponsored entries available through us! Additional free entries are being offered by our sponsors: Spread the Word, Helter Skelter, @cipherpress.bsky.social and @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social See website to learn how to apply desperateliterature.com/prize 6/

“I liked it, but didn’t love it.” Have you ever heard that from an agent? Join us on Thursday, as literary agent Samar Hammam (@rockingbooks) shares what makes an agent truly fall in love with a manuscript—and why. literaryconsultancy.co.uk/being-a-writ...

Vision Boarding for Writers is tonight, Thu 29 Jan 2026 6-7pm (UK) All writers are welcome, and its free! Let us help you map out what you want to see on your writing horizons in 2026. Register on our website, or #BeingAWriter members can head to Circle and join us there.

This April, join TLC and hone your own editorial skills as a writer with our Self Editing for Fiction and Non Fiction Courses. Now open! Build lifelong skills and bring out your full potential. Learn how to self edit your work with confidence. ▶️

Come map out your vision of yourself and your writing with our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar - All writers welcome, and it's completely free! 📌Thu 29 Jan 2026 📌6-7pm (UK) 📌Online Register on our website, or if you're a #BeingAWriter member, just head to Circle and join us there.

2026 PRIZE NOW OPEN 💫 Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words! Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies @civitellaitaly & at DL in Madrid; manuscript assessment with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social; publication; salons; and more... desperateliterature.com/prize 1/

Let Being a Writer help you on your writing journey - now one of the top 50 Communities on Circle! To celebrate, new members can join with a special 50% discount on an Annual Membership using code '26Writer'. Ends next week, Fri 31 Jan 🔽 Head to our membership page to join us today!

It's Write Club this weekend! Join TLC this Sunday 25 Jan, 10am-12.30pm Come work in a supportive space, set goals and share how you've got on. You can even set goals for the coming month! We'll see you there. Sign up to our newsletter for the link ▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/

Our Post Feedback Workshop is on tomorrow, Fri 23 Jan 11am-1pm GMT! Received professional feedback and feel confused working out next steps? Come join us, and come away with a plan of your own to unravel and apply your feedback. Let us help you build a strategy and level up your writing!

Join us for Write Club this Sunday 25 Jan, 10am-12.30pm. Free to attend, this is no-pressure quality writing time for you to write in a supportive space alongside your peers. It’s surprising how motivating this can be! Sign up to our newsletter for the link ▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/

Curious about the business of publishing? Join TLC and literary agent Philippa Sitters in The Business of Publishing: An Agent’s POV 📌22 Jan, 7-8.30pm UK time, online 🎟️ £35, or free for #BeingAWriter members Learn how the industry works, how writers make money, and how agents make money for you.

Being A Writer has been selected as one of the top 50 Communities on Circle for 'Be More Productive' As a thank you, we are offering new members 50% off Annual Membership with the code 26Writer. Head to our membership page to join us today! ▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/being-a-writer/membership

I've been a member of #BeingAWriter for several years. Wellbeing is crucial to my creativity, and creativity is crucial to my wellbeing. @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social have created community for writers that is safe, supportive and welcoming. #WritingCommunity discover.circle.so/product/bein...

Ever received professional feedback and felt confused working out next steps? Our Post Feedback Workshop can help! Join us online, 23 Jan 11am-1pm GMT. Come with notes, leave with a comprehensive plan to self-edit your writing project. Let us help you build a strategy and level up your writing.

Time is precious, and we want to offer a no-pressure space for writers wanting some quality writing time. #BeingAWriter hosts Write Club, every last Sunday of the month from 10am to 12.30pm UK time. Free to attend, sign up to our newsletter for the link ▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/

My first writing workshop of 2026 is coming up! 📆Wed 28 Jan We’ll look at some famous story openings and think about why they might appeal to a reader, and consider some of the common mistakes with writing beginnings, before working on our own stories. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo...

We are back at our desks and ready to support you on your writing journey! To celebrate the turning of the year, we are running our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar. And, it's completely free! 📌29 Jan 2026, 6-7pm (UK) Register on our website. #BeingAWriter member? Join us via Circle!

WHAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN! We are celebrating our year of writing, here. Proud to serve the writing community. Proud to be #ACEsupported. Proud to be 29 years strong with tens of thousands of TLC Alumni. Next year, we celebrate our 30th. We'll see you there.

It can feel impossible to balance the desire to write with the need to address life’s responsibilities: job, family, bills, the laundry basket. We might all wish to escape to the countryside for a week of total focus on our work-in-progress, but it’s not always realistic. How about a DIY retreat?

As we begin to wind down for the year, we are taking a moment to reflect on 2025. To kick off, here are the top 5 most-read TLC Blogs from this year. Missed them? Don't worry, you can catch up with them all on our website here literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tlc-blog/ #TLCUK #WritingBlog #writetip

Have you been following along with Story Seeds? This is our writing prompt series over on Instagram, easing your way to the end of the year, and we're over halfway through! Head over to follow along or start the series from the beginning #StorySeedsTLC 🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...

As we begin to wind down for the year, we invite our members to join us for a celebration of a year of writing together. Bring your favourite hot drink, dress up or down - pyjamas or gown - and bring your notebooks for a series of fun, no-pressure festive writing prompts.

Multi-award winning poet and Royal Society of Literature fellow, Joelle Taylor presents an inspiring masterclass; if your poem were a film and you the director, what would you show your audience? 📽️ 📅 Weds 10th December, 7-8pm 🖥️ Online (via Zoom) Book your space here: bit.ly/joelletaylor...

Looking to change up your writing life? Check out our blog from last year with 24 books covering every aspect of the craft, from Elizabeth Gilbert to Nikesh Shukla. We hope these books inspire you to dig deeper, take risks, and embrace the beautiful challenge of being a writer.

📢 We’re looking for a poet to take part in another in our series of Gloucester care home residencies in February and March 2026. Apply by 4th January - more details and an application pack here: literatureworks.org.uk/poetry-cares...

Writers, how would you like to round off 2025? Follow along with Story Seeds, our writing prompt series over on Instagram, and ease your way to the end of the year in style. Let’s plant seeds for new stories, together. We'll see you there! #StorySeedsTLC 🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...

Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 flash fiction, poetry, short story and novel prizes! 📝⭐ Don't forget, you may also be eligible for our Young Writer Award, Dorset Award or Never Too Late Award (you don't need to enter these separately). All info at bridportprize.org.uk

What does an emerging writer need to build a successful writing career? Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social about making a writing life work and seeing opportunities to move forwards. Read the full interview here🗻 bit.ly/Portobello-L...

For those of you who haven’t read ANNAH, INFINITE—the e-book version is now on sale on the @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social website: www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini... Support small presses!

Have you considered mentoring with TLC? Our #ChapterandVerse Mentoring Programme can be... 📚 Classic - via email & ideal to fit around a busy lifestyle 📚 Premium - either in person/on Zoom with mentors across the UK Our mentors are committed to supporting writers with serious literary ambitions.

Stay with #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses a little longer with the wonderful writing, poetry and stories from our speakers. Find them all our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!

The last week of November wraps up #ConsciousWritingMonth for 2025. We’ve come together to think about who we are as writers, and how we move through the world. We’ve looked at grief, ethics, creativity, how to have page presence, and how to navigate the industry with authenticity and purpose.

Have a gift all sorted before December comes around with a TLC Christmas voucher! And you've until noon this Sun 30 Nov to get a 10% a discount. Reward the writer in your life with the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor. 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

"Knowing why a character is making certain decisions, thus moving the plot in a certain direction, makes a story satisfying for a reader and ultimately makes them more invested." On our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates character motivation and the overall success of a story.

How can you know when to take a step back from your writing, or to keep going? Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with author Katie Hale @katiescribbles.bsky.social about first seeing what is telling you to stop and slow down. Read the interview here🪟 bit.ly/Behind-the-D...

On the look-out for a gift for the writer in your life? Give them professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor, all with a TLC Christmas voucher. Purchase your voucher before noon on Sun 30 Nov, and get a 10% discount 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

Those with Being a Writer membership or a VIP Pass! Your special bonus #ConsciousWritingMonth webinar is tonight, Tue 25 Nov, at 6pm GMT Our Director Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social will guide your vision to help overcome blocks and find confidence and clarity as you aim for agent success.

Where are you on your writing journey? Here at TLC, we have resources & guidance for writers at all stages, whether you're just getting started, finding your way through your first draft or getting ready to pitch your work to agents and editors. Find more on our website 🔽

We’re delighted to share with you the cover for LAMPING WILD RABBITS, the debut collection by @simonmaddrell.bsky.social forthcoming 12 February 2026. PRE-ORDERS are up now / outspokenldn.com/rabbits

It was a pleasure to work on these four beautiful magazines and collaborate with the many diverse individuals and institutions we worked with in 2025. We hope you'll pick up a copy, share with your friends, and support our work nurturing literary communities across the world.

How much impact does your character have on the reader? In short, a lot! In our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates motivation, how this can impact plot, your character's inner world, and in turn, the reader. Take a closer look on the #TLCblog

#ConsciousWritingMonth winds down this week with a special guided meditation tomorrow, Tue 25 Nov Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social guides your vision to help overcome blocks and find confidence and clarity as you aim for agent success. 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members & VIP Pass holders

☕Good morning! Those with Being a Writer membership or a VIP Pass, this is your 1-hour reminder. It's almost time to start your week with some early morning writing. Thank you to everyone who has come along to early morning writing this #ConsciousWritingMonth. We'll see you there at 7am!

Reconnect with our #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses with the wonderful writing, poetry and stories from our speakers. You can find them on our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!

From manuscript assessment to one-to-one mentoring, reward the writer in your life this Christmas with a TLC Christmas voucher. And what's more, with our Christmas voucher offer this month, you can secure a 10% discount on your purchase. 🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for our #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses over the last four week. It has been so good to see so many of you. Next week, we start the week with our last early morning retreat at 7am. Start your week off with some writing, together with TLC.

As Conscious Writing Month winds down, let's continue our exploration into contemplative practice with the writing, stories and poetry from our wonderful speakers. You can find them on our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/consci...