Guest Post by Sandra Jensen You asked questions about completing your writing project. And we’ve got some answers for you. How do you maintain momentum to finish a first draft? For me, writing – as opposed to editing – is Read more…
Tools for writing, no matter what!Guest Post by Sandra Jensen As I wrote in my previous blog, there are many impediments to writing with a chronic illness. I am very lucky my version of ME/CFS is not so severe that Read more…
How to Get Arts Council Funding to Finish Your BookGuest blog by Sandra Jensen I am a writer. I am a writer with a chronic illness: M.E./ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome being but two of the names doctors use. I’ve had Read more…
I have read lots of draft applications for funding to Arts Council England. They may have been for the various different pots of money – from the old Artist Development Funds and Grants for the Arts, to the current Developing Read more…
Story Machine and Gatehouse Press are delighted to announce that we have merged to create a bigger publisher able to do more to support talented new writers into print. The merger will see Gatehouse Press and Lighthouse Journal become imprints Read more…
Stories can support our mental health. They can help us experience connection, discover new ways of thinking, understand ourselves and our world better. Through stories we can escape and we can dive head-first in. They can touch our hearts and Read more…
Sam Ruddock, Director of Story Machine Productions and producer of the MANTOR podcast discusses the origins and aims of the new podcast. Back in April, when the early sheen of lockdown was giving way to an itchy desire to create Read more…
These are unprecedented times. The history of the 2020 Lockdown is being written every day, in every action. Paperchains ensures that the voices and experiences of the marginalised are prominent in its telling. Paperchains invites people with experience of prison, Read more…
To ccelebrate our 2nd birthday we made a film of all the shows we’ve made so far. You can watch it here. If you want us to bring your book to life or to collaborate, get in touch today and Read more…
As we draw to the end of a decade, I find myself thinking back enthusiastically on the books that I have loved and which have stayed with me. And because there is nothing I like more than to discuss books Read more…
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