The Literary Consultancy
@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social
The UK's longest-standing editorial consultancy. Offering editing, mentoring and events. Home of Being A Writer. #ACEsupported. Official BlueSky account.
Join us for Write Club this Sunday 25 Jan, 10am-12.30pm.
Free to attend, this is no-pressure quality writing time for you to write in a supportive space alongside your peers. It’s surprising how motivating this can be!
Sign up to our newsletter for the link
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Free to attend, this is no-pressure quality writing time for you to write in a supportive space alongside your peers. It’s surprising how motivating this can be!
Sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Join us for Write Club this Sunday 25 Jan, 10am-12.30pm.
Free to attend, this is no-pressure quality writing time for you to write in a supportive space alongside your peers. It’s surprising how motivating this can be!
Sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
Free to attend, this is no-pressure quality writing time for you to write in a supportive space alongside your peers. It’s surprising how motivating this can be!
Sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
Curious about the business of publishing? Join TLC and literary agent Philippa Sitters in The Business of Publishing: An Agent’s POV
📌22 Jan, 7-8.30pm UK time, online
🎟️ £35, or free for #BeingAWriter members
Learn how the industry works, how writers make money, and how agents make money for you.
📌22 Jan, 7-8.30pm UK time, online
🎟️ £35, or free for #BeingAWriter members
Learn how the industry works, how writers make money, and how agents make money for you.
The Business of Publishing: An Agent's POV - The Literary Consultancy
Learn how writers make money, and how agents make money for you. With agent Philippa Sitters of PSA Literary.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Curious about the business of publishing? Join TLC and literary agent Philippa Sitters in The Business of Publishing: An Agent’s POV
📌22 Jan, 7-8.30pm UK time, online
🎟️ £35, or free for #BeingAWriter members
Learn how the industry works, how writers make money, and how agents make money for you.
📌22 Jan, 7-8.30pm UK time, online
🎟️ £35, or free for #BeingAWriter members
Learn how the industry works, how writers make money, and how agents make money for you.
Being A Writer has been selected as one of the top 50 Communities on Circle for 'Be More Productive'
As a thank you, we are offering new members 50% off Annual Membership with the code 26Writer. Head to our membership page to join us today!
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/being-a-writer/membership
As a thank you, we are offering new members 50% off Annual Membership with the code 26Writer. Head to our membership page to join us today!
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/being-a-writer/membership
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Being A Writer has been selected as one of the top 50 Communities on Circle for 'Be More Productive'
As a thank you, we are offering new members 50% off Annual Membership with the code 26Writer. Head to our membership page to join us today!
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/being-a-writer/membership
As a thank you, we are offering new members 50% off Annual Membership with the code 26Writer. Head to our membership page to join us today!
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/being-a-writer/membership
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January 19, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Ever received professional feedback and felt confused working out next steps?
Our Post Feedback Workshop can help! Join us online, 23 Jan 11am-1pm GMT.
Come with notes, leave with a comprehensive plan to self-edit your writing project. Let us help you build a strategy and level up your writing.
Our Post Feedback Workshop can help! Join us online, 23 Jan 11am-1pm GMT.
Come with notes, leave with a comprehensive plan to self-edit your writing project. Let us help you build a strategy and level up your writing.
Post Feedback Workshop - The Literary Consultancy
Post Feedback Workshop Getting professional feedback can be transformative, but once your notes are in, it’s up to you to action them. It can sometimes feel confusing trying to work […]
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January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Ever received professional feedback and felt confused working out next steps?
Our Post Feedback Workshop can help! Join us online, 23 Jan 11am-1pm GMT.
Come with notes, leave with a comprehensive plan to self-edit your writing project. Let us help you build a strategy and level up your writing.
Our Post Feedback Workshop can help! Join us online, 23 Jan 11am-1pm GMT.
Come with notes, leave with a comprehensive plan to self-edit your writing project. Let us help you build a strategy and level up your writing.
Time is precious, and we want to offer a no-pressure space for writers wanting some quality writing time.
#BeingAWriter hosts Write Club, every last Sunday of the month from 10am to 12.30pm UK time.
Free to attend, sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
#BeingAWriter hosts Write Club, every last Sunday of the month from 10am to 12.30pm UK time.
Free to attend, sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
January 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Time is precious, and we want to offer a no-pressure space for writers wanting some quality writing time.
#BeingAWriter hosts Write Club, every last Sunday of the month from 10am to 12.30pm UK time.
Free to attend, sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
#BeingAWriter hosts Write Club, every last Sunday of the month from 10am to 12.30pm UK time.
Free to attend, sign up to our newsletter for the link
▶️ literaryconsultancy.co.uk/newsletter/
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My first writing workshop of 2026 is coming up!
📆Wed 28 Jan
We’ll look at some famous story openings and think about why they might appeal to a reader, and consider some of the common mistakes with writing beginnings, before working on our own stories.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo...
📆Wed 28 Jan
We’ll look at some famous story openings and think about why they might appeal to a reader, and consider some of the common mistakes with writing beginnings, before working on our own stories.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo...
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
My first writing workshop of 2026 is coming up!
📆Wed 28 Jan
We’ll look at some famous story openings and think about why they might appeal to a reader, and consider some of the common mistakes with writing beginnings, before working on our own stories.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo...
📆Wed 28 Jan
We’ll look at some famous story openings and think about why they might appeal to a reader, and consider some of the common mistakes with writing beginnings, before working on our own stories.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo...
We are back at our desks and ready to support you on your writing journey!
To celebrate the turning of the year, we are running our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar. And, it's completely free!
📌29 Jan 2026, 6-7pm (UK)
Register on our website. #BeingAWriter member? Join us via Circle!
To celebrate the turning of the year, we are running our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar. And, it's completely free!
📌29 Jan 2026, 6-7pm (UK)
Register on our website. #BeingAWriter member? Join us via Circle!
Vision Boarding for Writers - The Literary Consultancy
Come along to one of our most highly subscribed events and set your intentions for 2026
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January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
We are back at our desks and ready to support you on your writing journey!
To celebrate the turning of the year, we are running our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar. And, it's completely free!
📌29 Jan 2026, 6-7pm (UK)
Register on our website. #BeingAWriter member? Join us via Circle!
To celebrate the turning of the year, we are running our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar. And, it's completely free!
📌29 Jan 2026, 6-7pm (UK)
Register on our website. #BeingAWriter member? Join us via Circle!
WHAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN! We are celebrating our year of writing, here.
Proud to serve the writing community.
Proud to be #ACEsupported.
Proud to be 29 years strong with tens of thousands of TLC Alumni.
Next year, we celebrate our 30th. We'll see you there.
Proud to serve the writing community.
Proud to be #ACEsupported.
Proud to be 29 years strong with tens of thousands of TLC Alumni.
Next year, we celebrate our 30th. We'll see you there.
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
WHAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN! We are celebrating our year of writing, here.
Proud to serve the writing community.
Proud to be #ACEsupported.
Proud to be 29 years strong with tens of thousands of TLC Alumni.
Next year, we celebrate our 30th. We'll see you there.
Proud to serve the writing community.
Proud to be #ACEsupported.
Proud to be 29 years strong with tens of thousands of TLC Alumni.
Next year, we celebrate our 30th. We'll see you there.
It can feel impossible to balance the desire to write with the need to address life’s responsibilities: job, family, bills, the laundry basket.
We might all wish to escape to the countryside for a week of total focus on our work-in-progress, but it’s not always realistic. How about a DIY retreat?
We might all wish to escape to the countryside for a week of total focus on our work-in-progress, but it’s not always realistic. How about a DIY retreat?
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It can feel impossible to balance the desire to write with the need to address life’s responsibilities: job, family, bills, the laundry basket.
We might all wish to escape to the countryside for a week of total focus on our work-in-progress, but it’s not always realistic. How about a DIY retreat?
We might all wish to escape to the countryside for a week of total focus on our work-in-progress, but it’s not always realistic. How about a DIY retreat?
As we begin to wind down for the year, we are taking a moment to reflect on 2025. To kick off, here are the top 5 most-read TLC Blogs from this year.
Missed them? Don't worry, you can catch up with them all on our website here literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tlc-blog/
#TLCUK #WritingBlog #writetip
Missed them? Don't worry, you can catch up with them all on our website here literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tlc-blog/
#TLCUK #WritingBlog #writetip
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
As we begin to wind down for the year, we are taking a moment to reflect on 2025. To kick off, here are the top 5 most-read TLC Blogs from this year.
Missed them? Don't worry, you can catch up with them all on our website here literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tlc-blog/
#TLCUK #WritingBlog #writetip
Missed them? Don't worry, you can catch up with them all on our website here literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tlc-blog/
#TLCUK #WritingBlog #writetip
Have you been following along with Story Seeds?
This is our writing prompt series over on Instagram, easing your way to the end of the year, and we're over halfway through!
Head over to follow along or start the series from the beginning #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
This is our writing prompt series over on Instagram, easing your way to the end of the year, and we're over halfway through!
Head over to follow along or start the series from the beginning #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Have you been following along with Story Seeds?
This is our writing prompt series over on Instagram, easing your way to the end of the year, and we're over halfway through!
Head over to follow along or start the series from the beginning #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
This is our writing prompt series over on Instagram, easing your way to the end of the year, and we're over halfway through!
Head over to follow along or start the series from the beginning #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
As we begin to wind down for the year, we invite our members to join us for a celebration of a year of writing together.
Bring your favourite hot drink, dress up or down - pyjamas or gown - and bring your notebooks for a series of fun, no-pressure festive writing prompts.
Bring your favourite hot drink, dress up or down - pyjamas or gown - and bring your notebooks for a series of fun, no-pressure festive writing prompts.
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As we begin to wind down for the year, we invite our members to join us for a celebration of a year of writing together.
Bring your favourite hot drink, dress up or down - pyjamas or gown - and bring your notebooks for a series of fun, no-pressure festive writing prompts.
Bring your favourite hot drink, dress up or down - pyjamas or gown - and bring your notebooks for a series of fun, no-pressure festive writing prompts.
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Multi-award winning poet and Royal Society of Literature fellow, Joelle Taylor presents an inspiring masterclass; if your poem were a film and you the director, what would you show your audience? 📽️
📅 Weds 10th December, 7-8pm
🖥️ Online (via Zoom)
Book your space here:
bit.ly/joelletaylor...
📅 Weds 10th December, 7-8pm
🖥️ Online (via Zoom)
Book your space here:
bit.ly/joelletaylor...
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Multi-award winning poet and Royal Society of Literature fellow, Joelle Taylor presents an inspiring masterclass; if your poem were a film and you the director, what would you show your audience? 📽️
📅 Weds 10th December, 7-8pm
🖥️ Online (via Zoom)
Book your space here:
bit.ly/joelletaylor...
📅 Weds 10th December, 7-8pm
🖥️ Online (via Zoom)
Book your space here:
bit.ly/joelletaylor...
Looking to change up your writing life?
Check out our blog from last year with 24 books covering every aspect of the craft, from Elizabeth Gilbert to Nikesh Shukla.
We hope these books inspire you to dig deeper, take risks, and embrace the beautiful challenge of being a writer.
Check out our blog from last year with 24 books covering every aspect of the craft, from Elizabeth Gilbert to Nikesh Shukla.
We hope these books inspire you to dig deeper, take risks, and embrace the beautiful challenge of being a writer.
24 Books to Change Your (Writing) Life - The Literary Consultancy
The Literary Consultancy's list of 24 books to change your (writing) life, based on our Bookshelf of reading recommendations
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December 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Looking to change up your writing life?
Check out our blog from last year with 24 books covering every aspect of the craft, from Elizabeth Gilbert to Nikesh Shukla.
We hope these books inspire you to dig deeper, take risks, and embrace the beautiful challenge of being a writer.
Check out our blog from last year with 24 books covering every aspect of the craft, from Elizabeth Gilbert to Nikesh Shukla.
We hope these books inspire you to dig deeper, take risks, and embrace the beautiful challenge of being a writer.
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📢 We’re looking for a poet to take part in another in our series of Gloucester care home residencies in February and March 2026.
Apply by 4th January - more details and an application pack here: literatureworks.org.uk/poetry-cares...
Apply by 4th January - more details and an application pack here: literatureworks.org.uk/poetry-cares...
Seeking a poet-in-residence for Poetry Cares in Gloucester - Literature Works
We are seeking a poet-in-residence to deliver six weekly sessions at a care home in Gloucester as part of our Poetry Cares programme in February and March 2026. Poetry Cares celebrates the power of ...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📢 We’re looking for a poet to take part in another in our series of Gloucester care home residencies in February and March 2026.
Apply by 4th January - more details and an application pack here: literatureworks.org.uk/poetry-cares...
Apply by 4th January - more details and an application pack here: literatureworks.org.uk/poetry-cares...
Writers, how would you like to round off 2025?
Follow along with Story Seeds, our writing prompt series over on Instagram, and ease your way to the end of the year in style. Let’s plant seeds for new stories, together.
We'll see you there! #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
Follow along with Story Seeds, our writing prompt series over on Instagram, and ease your way to the end of the year in style. Let’s plant seeds for new stories, together.
We'll see you there! #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Writers, how would you like to round off 2025?
Follow along with Story Seeds, our writing prompt series over on Instagram, and ease your way to the end of the year in style. Let’s plant seeds for new stories, together.
We'll see you there! #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
Follow along with Story Seeds, our writing prompt series over on Instagram, and ease your way to the end of the year in style. Let’s plant seeds for new stories, together.
We'll see you there! #StorySeedsTLC
🌱 www.instagram.com/theliteraryc...
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Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 flash fiction, poetry, short story and novel prizes! 📝⭐
Don't forget, you may also be eligible for our Young Writer Award, Dorset Award or Never Too Late Award (you don't need to enter these separately).
All info at bridportprize.org.uk
Don't forget, you may also be eligible for our Young Writer Award, Dorset Award or Never Too Late Award (you don't need to enter these separately).
All info at bridportprize.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 flash fiction, poetry, short story and novel prizes! 📝⭐
Don't forget, you may also be eligible for our Young Writer Award, Dorset Award or Never Too Late Award (you don't need to enter these separately).
All info at bridportprize.org.uk
Don't forget, you may also be eligible for our Young Writer Award, Dorset Award or Never Too Late Award (you don't need to enter these separately).
All info at bridportprize.org.uk
What does an emerging writer need to build a successful writing career?
Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social about making a writing life work and seeing opportunities to move forwards.
Read the full interview here🗻 bit.ly/Portobello-L...
Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social about making a writing life work and seeing opportunities to move forwards.
Read the full interview here🗻 bit.ly/Portobello-L...
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What does an emerging writer need to build a successful writing career?
Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social about making a writing life work and seeing opportunities to move forwards.
Read the full interview here🗻 bit.ly/Portobello-L...
Our Director, Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social spoke with Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social about making a writing life work and seeing opportunities to move forwards.
Read the full interview here🗻 bit.ly/Portobello-L...
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For those of you who haven’t read ANNAH, INFINITE—the e-book version is now on sale on the @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social website:
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
Support small presses!
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Support small presses!
Annah, Infinite — Tilted Axis Press
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December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
For those of you who haven’t read ANNAH, INFINITE—the e-book version is now on sale on the @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social website:
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
Support small presses!
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
Support small presses!
Have you considered mentoring with TLC?
Our #ChapterandVerse Mentoring Programme can be...
📚 Classic - via email & ideal to fit around a busy lifestyle
📚 Premium - either in person/on Zoom with mentors across the UK
Our mentors are committed to supporting writers with serious literary ambitions.
Our #ChapterandVerse Mentoring Programme can be...
📚 Classic - via email & ideal to fit around a busy lifestyle
📚 Premium - either in person/on Zoom with mentors across the UK
Our mentors are committed to supporting writers with serious literary ambitions.
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Have you considered mentoring with TLC?
Our #ChapterandVerse Mentoring Programme can be...
📚 Classic - via email & ideal to fit around a busy lifestyle
📚 Premium - either in person/on Zoom with mentors across the UK
Our mentors are committed to supporting writers with serious literary ambitions.
Our #ChapterandVerse Mentoring Programme can be...
📚 Classic - via email & ideal to fit around a busy lifestyle
📚 Premium - either in person/on Zoom with mentors across the UK
Our mentors are committed to supporting writers with serious literary ambitions.
Stay with #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses a little longer with the wonderful writing, poetry and stories from our speakers.
Find them all our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!
Find them all our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!
Conscious Writing Month
A month of workshops, readings and talks for writers wanting to lead more conscious lives. Curated by Jade Cuttle. Hosted by The Literary Consultancy.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stay with #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclasses a little longer with the wonderful writing, poetry and stories from our speakers.
Find them all our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!
Find them all our dedicated #ConsciousWritingMonth bookshelf, all on UK Bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
You might find your next read - or gift inspiration!
The last week of November wraps up #ConsciousWritingMonth for 2025.
We’ve come together to think about who we are as writers, and how we move through the world. We’ve looked at grief, ethics, creativity, how to have page presence, and how to navigate the industry with authenticity and purpose.
We’ve come together to think about who we are as writers, and how we move through the world. We’ve looked at grief, ethics, creativity, how to have page presence, and how to navigate the industry with authenticity and purpose.
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The last week of November wraps up #ConsciousWritingMonth for 2025.
We’ve come together to think about who we are as writers, and how we move through the world. We’ve looked at grief, ethics, creativity, how to have page presence, and how to navigate the industry with authenticity and purpose.
We’ve come together to think about who we are as writers, and how we move through the world. We’ve looked at grief, ethics, creativity, how to have page presence, and how to navigate the industry with authenticity and purpose.
Have a gift all sorted before December comes around with a TLC Christmas voucher! And you've until noon this Sun 30 Nov to get a 10% a discount.
Reward the writer in your life with the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor.
🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...
Reward the writer in your life with the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor.
🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Have a gift all sorted before December comes around with a TLC Christmas voucher! And you've until noon this Sun 30 Nov to get a 10% a discount.
Reward the writer in your life with the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor.
🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...
Reward the writer in your life with the gift of professional feedback on their creative project by a highly experienced editor.
🎄 bit.ly/TLC-Christma...
"Knowing why a character is making certain decisions, thus moving the plot in a certain direction, makes a story satisfying for a reader and ultimately makes them more invested."
On our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates character motivation and the overall success of a story.
On our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates character motivation and the overall success of a story.
The Importance of Character Motivation - The Literary Consultancy
Strong and clear character motivation is the thread that runs through the beats of your plot to make them a comprehensible storyline.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Knowing why a character is making certain decisions, thus moving the plot in a certain direction, makes a story satisfying for a reader and ultimately makes them more invested."
On our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates character motivation and the overall success of a story.
On our November blog, TLC Editor Annabelle Sami investigates character motivation and the overall success of a story.