@juliec
Active 5 years, 1 month ago-
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Julie Cordiner posted an update 5 years, 1 month ago
Hello everyone, I’m back (with thanks to Sandra and Raine at Fiona’s fab launch tonight)! So much for my good intentions last year – work took over again – but I’ve now changed things round and I’m determined to focus on creativity in 2019.
First quarter has been spent indie publishing my third nonfiction book on finance for school leaders…[Read more] -
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Julie Cordiner replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 5 years, 7 months ago
Thanks Giselle, Phillipa and Debi for the info and encouragement. Good to hear interest is rising in hist fic – it seems to go with austerity I reckon!
Hi Alan – mine is Victorian so definitely historical.
I need to reconsider my opening, but due to work commitments I’m unlikely to achieve a rewrite of that in time for the submission. But I…[Read more] -
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Julie Cordiner replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 5 years, 7 months ago
Thank you – will consider pitching. Nothing ventured…
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Julie Cordiner replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 5 years, 7 months ago
I might have a go at this, although none of the agents specifically mentions historical fiction so I guess I’d be limited to the one who says genre fiction. Does anyone know anything about the agency please?
I have had no contact with any agencies so far – am tempted to indie publish as I do for my non-fiction – but I fancy dipping my toe in the…[Read more]
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Julie Cordiner replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 5 years, 8 months ago
Lovely blog, Skylark and I did laugh at the train incident! Listening to you speak was a perfect end to a very enjoyable Festival. Like Janette, knowing that you were giving the keynote was the number one reason I decided to go for the fourth time in a row, despite the JW changes.
You handled it brilliantly, with passion and clarity, and we could…[Read more] -
Julie Cordiner replied to the topic Writing Advice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 5 years, 8 months ago
I write in 3rd person and if I’m struggling with getting the voice right in a scene, I try re-writing it in first person. It seems to create more intensity and immediacy. Then I keep the emotions when I revise it back to third person.
I discovered this effect in one of the exercises in the Self Editing course.
Twitter handle is @Julie_Cordiner. -
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Julie Cordiner changed their profile picture 5 years, 8 months ago
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) and Julie Cordiner are now friends 5 years, 8 months ago
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