 WIN the chance to
get your
very own
short story
published!
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Could you be the
next Marian Keyes?
Do you have a book in
you? Well, now’s your
chance to find out… Company has teamed
up with Galaxy Ripple and
Little Black Dress
to search for a new, young
writing talent – and we are offering
one lucky reader the chance to get their work published in a
forthcoming LBD book!
Five
runners-up will also join the
winner at an exclusive lunch with
the Headline Publishing Group,
where they will get the chance to
ask LBD author Julie Cohen for
advice on becoming a bestselling
author. All you have to do is to write a short story of your choice
that’s no longer than 2,000 words –
and leave the rest up to us.
Whether you’re a budding
author or like nothing better than
curling up on your sofa with a
bestseller, use the coupon featured in this month's issue of Company magazine and lose yourself in a book with
Galaxy. So go on – collect your
free Galaxy Ripple from your local
WHSmith, take it home, put on the
kettle, and enjoy… Good luck!
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Getting it Right
Author Julie Cohen has come up with three top writing tips to help you get started…
1 Just do it. You may think you don’t have the time
or the ideas, but the only way to write something is
to sit down and give it a go. Make writing your priority
and then you’ll find the time for it. The great thing is,
you can do it anywhere – in a café, a parked car, during
lunch, before bed, in the bath. So, go on – give it a go!
2 Know your characters. Your characters should
be sympathetic and interesting, and make sure
they behave in a way that is consistent to the
personality you have created for them. So think
your characters through before you start, and get
to know them inside out.
3 Know your audience. Writing for Little Black
Dress, your readers will expect a fun, romantic read
with some fantasy elements to it. My heroines tend to
be a bit weird, but the reader still has to like them and
want to be their friend. My heroes need to be realistic,
but with a large dollop of fantasy – totally sexy and
scrummy, yet human and somehow flawed.
For more information see the competition Terms & Conditions - click here.
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