Writing The Landscape
Ten years ago, Frances Lincoln, publishers of the Alfred Wainwright pictorial guides to the Lake District, launched a brand new literary prize for published nature writing books. Now managed by …
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Remarkable Wrexham
You could say Wrexham has an A-list aura about it at the moment. This Welsh border conurbation used to be North Wales’s largest town until the Queen gave it city …
Beautiful Bewdley
“There’s a giraffe, Granddad!” An excited six-year-old girl bounces up and down on her seat as she points out of the train window. Granddad buries his nose in his weekend …
KISS: Keep It Simple Self-publishing
Self-publishing your first book in 2023? Simon Whaley suggests a ten-kiss plan to keeping it simple. Could 2023 be the year you self-publish your first book? As technology advances, self-publishing …
Langley Chapel – Evergreen
Shropshire’s Langley Chapel looks rather lonely, stuck on the edge of a cornfield, practically hidden by a tall hedge. But appearances can be deceptive because this chapel is one of …
Miracle on the Mynd
The Christmas edition of This England magazine includes the miraculous journey of the Revd Carr as he battled a night in the snow during one of Shropshire’s worst storms of …
Mistletoe Magic
Check out my piece in the December 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine, looking at Christmas markets and, in particular, the Tenbury Wells Mistletoe Festival. Our rural Christmas fairs, markets …
Season’s Greetings
Simon Whaley chats to one of Hallmark’s writers to explore writing for the greetings card market. The UK might be the second biggest greetings card market in the world, with …
The Cost of Creativity Crisis
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, Simon Whaley explores how writers can cut the cost of creativity With inflation at a forty-year high, we’re surrounded by rising prices. And when it …