emerging writers – Busybird Publishing

My 20-Year Writing Journey

Busybird — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As cliché as it sounds coming from a publishing intern, I have always loved reading and writing. My dad loves to say that I began to speak ‘too early’, but I just see this as a part of my clearly innate need to get my stories out there. I spent the bulk of kindergarten taking coloured paper from the art table, stapling it together with lined paper, and creating my very own books.

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Mystery of the Missing Female Detectives

Busybird — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:34:41 +0000

A dead body found in an abandoned house, a missing child reappearing after 20 years, a murder on a train stuck in the snow. Mysteries, crimes and thrillers are my favourite books to seek out in bookshops. My shelves are slowly being overrun with these mystery novels. I have become addicted to clues and mysteries and most of all the twists that leave me shocked to my core. But one thing I have…

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Publishing internship: Meandering along the writing path with happiness

Busybird — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 06:12:53 +0000

I was quite chuffed when Blaise asked me to write this week’s blog. I’m three months into my six month internship here at Busybird Publishing. I find myself looking forward to Wednesdays, not only so I get to spend some time with Oscar, the dog, but because it’s a place where I am given freedom to learn and create under the guidance of the experienced and talented Busybird team. So how did I get…

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How I used the Busybird Creative Fellowship – AC Watson

Busybird — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:01:05 +0000

In December 2015 I was lucky enough to be chosen for the Busybird Creative Fellowship. The fellowship aims to help an emerging writer through their current project. For me, this meant developing my skills as a writer, starting my own writing group, meeting a vast network of amazing people, and ultimately, bringing my novel up to a standard so I can start submitting. Now, as applications open for…

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Editing Anthologies

Busybird — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 04:08:11 +0000

‘Being a literary major, I’ve always been told to think outside the words on the page in front of me; to see their effect, to see their purpose, and to understand their importance. I’ve always believed that the most important thing about the words on those pages is that someone found value in them, enough to share them with the world.’ A few months ago, I started a blog where I would begin my…

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Having Played My Part

Busybird — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:51:12 +0000

I’ve been the head editor of page seventeen since it came to Busybird in 2011. Since that time we’ve released four books across five years – all exhibiting work from emerging writers and first-timers with something to say. They’ve been wildly diverse collections. Rarely have we published the same author twice. Rarely have we sunk deep into a single genre or theme. I’ve had different reactions…

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Page Seventeen #12

Busybird — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:04:26 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, let me shout it anew: the latest issue of page seventeen is now available in paperback form. You might be aware that Issue 12 was the first page seventeen to be produced as a digital edition. Which is awesome. But page seventeen has always been about having that physical copy as well – it just feels a little more official having your name on the page rather than on the…

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Audience Assemble!

Busybird — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:34:42 +0000

Every piece of writing has an audience. It might be a magazine’s readership, or it might just be for yourself when you vent into your diary or write up a shopping list. Words are communication. And we always choose our words and our messages depending on who is meant to receive that communication. Modern marketing philosophy gears us towards writing in broad terms – using simple language and…

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