Maggie McKernan

Expert advice and services for every writer including: editorial feedback, workshops, self-publishing packages, mentoring, competitions.

[Maggie McKernan @TheWritingRoom]

I got email. I'll email you tomorrow. M

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We don't understand this child. Not one little bit (but lols): http://t.co/28l74bUaGL

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"Long ago, we rowed on a pond.
Our oars left the moon broken--
our gestures ruining the surface."
-Spencer Reece #FSGPoetry

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Murray Mania: I loved Lionel Shriver's "Match Point" - following the ups & downs in the marriage of a young... http://t.co/5o8AQfZfsX

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"Men do not make passes / At girls who wear glasses" (I beg to differ!). I'm reading The Collected Dorothy Parker,... http://t.co/ZHYf9iWner

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WRITING TIP: if a character isn't working for you, kill him off. The same goes for agents & editors. (thanks to @philipardagh for this gem!)

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"Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre" Tolstoy

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"I don't have inspiration, I get up every morning and I go to work" Nick Cave...... with all those... http://t.co/wBkRvLA4An

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"There is no such thing as an aspiring writer, there are people who write and people who don't" Mohsin Hamed, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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What would Flora Poste do? A question I ask myself in awkward situations...Stella Gibbons' proactive heroine... http://t.co/ypL3ClD3sJ

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@AWilliamswriter, @cbrookmyre and @scotsmandavid will be speaking at Literature on the Loch http://t.co/btAitUGG

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Bibliophile With Cats by Edward Gorey http://t.co/8WtDB8Wf

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Happy St Andrews day, everyone! Do something Scottish!

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Desert Places by Robert Frost http://t.co/ssuixbq9

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"The only real work in creative endeavor is keeping things from falling together too soon" - Paul Metcalf

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Today we read a book about sharks. Please send us more submissions that feature sharks. We are really quite... http://t.co/94Kgdnn4

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"If contemporary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction, it's not all that contemporary, is it?" -... http://t.co/PBSg9lI9

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Fantastic opportunity for all budding young writers aged 14-17! The Scottish Book Trust is hosting their Young... http://t.co/VZ0jV6E6