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Andrea Bennett – Rejection
The vibe was all so positive — until three weeks later, when the agent emailed that she didn’t feel the…
News & Features
Check out the latest news from the RLF, WritersMosaic highlights, and Collected – our collection of interviews, reflections and articles exploring the literary life and world of writers today.
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Robin Etherington – Letter To My Younger Self
What you’ll discover is that one of your (our) greatest failings is destined to become the catalyst for great personal…
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Time Capsules
Lauren James on how writing acts as a time capsule for future generations. Lauren James considers how her training as…
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Alice Albinia – The Writer As Outsider
Most human perception is probably lucky guesswork. To be truly an outsider, therefore, brings this disadvantage to the fore. Most…
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Clare Chambers – How I Write
When working as an invigilator of public exams, I would gaze around the hall of silent candidates, imagining scenes from…
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My Favourite Author, part 1
In ‘My Favourite Author’, RLF writers explore their reasons for naming a particular author as their favourite. RLF writers lay…
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Cynan Jones
I spent three weeks prevaricating. I must buy a new shed. I could modify a shipping container. I even looked…
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Alison Joseph – Letter To My Readers
If you are now reading my words, and if we accept that words are only as valid as the mind…
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Alyson Hallett – Rejection
Etymology of rejection is important here: rejection means thrown back. You send something out and it’s thrown back. Etymology is…
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Death, Zest And Gusto
Roy Bainton explores the long career of personal literary icon, Ray Bradbury. Roy Bainton asks whether writers improve as they…
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Zoe Howe – My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer
My nearest bookshop was essentially a sex shop but stocked some excellent pop culture books. To see my book in…
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Clare Chambers
Clare Chambers speaks with Ann Morgan about breakout successes, writing history convincingly and retaining a balance between pessimism and optimism.…