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Courses and Workshops 

 

www.lynnehackles.com Lynne Hackles is available for talks and workshops. Subjects covered include: Writing Fiction for the Women’s Magazine Markets,

Writing for Children, Writing for Money and Using Personal Experience in Your Writing

 

Irene Yates takes private students for various courses: Writing the Novel, Writing for Radio, Children's Writing; Short Story Writing. She also does Reading & Criticism of any kind of writing (including college essays and dissertations!) and will review material for editing if requested. Full information and fees on application. Email: Irene

www.dellagalton.com Della Galton runs creative writing courses for Adult Education and also teaches privately

www.janewenham-jones.com Jane Wenham-Jones offers workshops on short story writing, both for competitions and the magazine market, and getting started on a novel.  She also gives talks on how to get published and her life as a media tart! Fees negotiable. Any distance considered subject to travel expenses or a nice bottle of wine

www.bombergwriting.co.uk AWAKEN THE WRITER WITHIN in these new, exciting workshops and one-to-one tutorials in London with a commissioned writer, For more information contact cecily@bombergwriting.co.uk or tel: 020 7854 2702

www.francescoombes.com offers workshops that inspire and broaden your skills base.

www.allwaysspain.com Travel writing courses in Spain, given by award-winning travel journalist Daniel Scott, in the tranquil setting of the Alpujarra mountains, Granada province. Telephone 0034 958 223 766 or e-mail info@allwaysspain.com

www.cumbria.ac.uk BA Creative Writing Honours degree, designed to give writers, aspiring and practicing, a broad base of practical knowledge and writing skills. The writing you do will fall into the three main disciplines – prose, poetry, and drama - and at the end of the course you should have acquired the self confidence and the ability to work in all of these fields.  Develop your interests and abilities in areas such as genre fiction, strip writing and graphic novels and writing for multi media. Develop skills as a critical reader and editor and gain a grasp of the cultural traditions and trends that influence writers. Call 0845 607 6563, or email info@cumbria.ac.uk  

www.cumbria.ac.uk The Cumbria Institute of the Arts is offering an MA in Scriptwriting which you can follow as a one year full-time course or a part-time course over several years if that suits your commitments better. The course draws on established writers as part of the teaching team, bringing to our writers' workshops both street credibility and that deep understanding of  the nature of dramatic writing essential for commercial and artistic success. It will equip new and established writers to take a creative role in a rapidly changing world. Contact 0845 607 6563, or email mike.healey@cumbria.ac.uk

www.cll.strath.ac.uk Blaze Online Creative Writing course spark your imagination and fuel your writing. The Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow has been offering classes to adults for over 25 years. For further information, please contact Alix Mc Donald on 0141 548 4313 or by email alix.mcdonald@strath.ac.uk

www.thecraftywriter.com The Crafty Writer gives free advice, courses and information to writers. There is also a monthly book club aimed specifically at writers. Writing tutor Fiona Veitch Smith is available to speak at workshops and seminars, mainly in the North East of England.

www.thecreationway.com The Creativity Workshop is dedicated to teaching people about their creativity and how to use it in all aspects of life, work, and creative expression

Mo_mentum@btinternet.com Mo-mentum runs weekly writers groups most weeks of the year for beginners and more established writers. Contact Mo for more details

www.streamwriting.com Beautiful writing retreat in Spain - short and long lets available 

enquiries@synergyinteractive.co.uk Marion Husband runs workshops. She is a published poet, short story writer and novelist and teaches creative writing at local colleges and for the Open College of the Arts. Tel: 01642 645139 

www.writersretreat.gbr.cc Writing Retreat Accommodation in Spain provides affordable long and short term accommodation for writers. Single room £250 per month and double room £300 per month. No more than three writers accommodated at a time. Each writer has a private balcony with fantastic views into a valley of olive and almond trees. Email: jacquelinecrooks@hotmail.co.uk

www.nec.ac.uk/courses The National Extension College is an educational charity dedicated to providing learning opportunities for all. They offer a range of distance learning writing courses, including Creative Writing, Writing For Money, Writing Short Stories, Copywriting and Essential Editing.  National Extension College, The Michael Young Centre, Purbeck Road, Cambridge CB2 2HN. Tel: 01223 400350 Email: info@nec.ac.uk    

www.writeonholiday.co.uk Writing courses in Turkey, run by high-profile, award-winning writers 

www.malagaworkshops.co.uk Exclusive Holiday Courses in Spain

www.alllearn.org Online Writing Courses Open for Enrolment. The Alliance for Lifelong Learning (All Learn) is a not-for-profit online learning venture between Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Universities and was formed in to provide the highest quality, college level online courses and educational offerings to alumni of these three institutions as well as to other adult learners.  Creative Approaches to Writing Short Stories - Oxford; Creative Writing - Stanford; The Art of Memoir - Yale

www.poetryschool.com The Poetry School. Details of the current programme of courses, workshops and events are at Email: programme@poetryschool.com

www.thewritecoach.co.uk The Write Coach - Bekki Hill is a writer and a qualified life coach who has been working exclusively coaching writers for over three years. She works with both aspiring and professional writers, including novelists, journalists, scriptwriters, comedy writers and various freelancers. As a writer she has published short stories and written articles and features for various
magazines. Bekki also writes a regular column on motivation for Mslexia.

Rachel Davis is a life coach specialising in working with creative people who want to polish up their lives so that they really shine. Her background is in television script and development and she has a real passion for working with both experienced and novice writers. Tel: 020 8969 0142 for a complimentary no obligation session

 

www.thehimalayanadventurecompany.com Creative writing courses and retreats in the Himalayas. Enjoy the inspiration setting of the Himalayas with guided sightseeing including visits to stunning World Heritage Sites and short jungle safaris to provide inspiration and focus to develop your writing. All courses include structured and informal sessions, readings and feedback with expert guidance and advice from professional UK writers and guest visits from local professional writers, in a friendly small group setting. Next scheduled dates are in October, November and December 2005. Tel: 01535 608971

martin@writerbrock.co.uk Email writing course designed for beginners or those who just 'dabble a bit' run by Martin Brocklebank. Students will go at their own pace. There are ten modules, subsequent modules being sent to students after they have completed the one previous. They will also have access to me by email for any concerns or queries. Put Creative Writing in the subject box

www.forwardpress.co.uk FREE online poetry workshops

www.cheekymaggot.allhere.com Script Writing Classes: Advanced and Beginners. Special Rate: £10.00 for two hours. London based with The Cheeky Maggot Theatre. Also offer classes in the basics: Genre, Structure, Dialogue, Setting, as well as Advanced classes with professional dramaturges and directors- which would involve more personal tuition. All tutors are experienced professionals in the industry. Email: cmscriptwork@aol.com 

www.wss.org.uk Swanwick Writer's Summer School

www.university.barnesandnoble.com Barnes and Noble University offer FREE online writing courses

www.tynewydd.org Courses for poets, novelists, script and screenwriters, playwrights, storytellers and journalists at the National Writers' Centre for Wales

suedodd@spotlight39.freeserve.co.uk Spotlight On Writing offers tuition, editing and proof-reading services for writers of prose, poetry, scripts and business documents  

breaks@lighthaven.fsnet.co.uk All inclusive weekends that are good for the soul. From £69. Will arrange writers' workshops for your weekend for writers' groups. Please state proposed weekend, alternative dates, contact details and number in group. For more details email or telephone Deirdre on 01262 850238

www.writingclasses.co.uk Writing can be a lonely and daunting business. Many of us who want to write either never get started or, worse still, once we do begin, quickly feel stuck and give up. At  we aim to develop the creative writing skills of all participants, from the absolute beginner to the more experienced writer, in a friendly online writing environment

www.writeinparadise.com Writing Holidays in Thailand. Daily workshops and integral sightseeing. With published authors including Katie Fforde, Hilary Green.

 

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Critique Services   

books.guardian.co.uk/poetryworkshop Budding poet? Looking for objective feedback? You've come to the right place. Every month, our poetry workshop is hosted by a different poet who sets an exercise, chooses the most interesting responses and offers an appraisal of them. That's the hard part taken care of – all you need to do is start writing

www.conerstones.co.uk Literary consultancy. Scouts for leading agents. Listed by the society of Authors.

 

www.thcraftywriter.com The Crafty Writer provides critiques and other editorial services. They have specialist readers in fiction, non-fiction, writing for children, poetry, magazines and copywriting. They are also able to provide a specialist service in helping writers set up blogs and websites.

 

www.dawnonline.org.uk The 'Developing Amateur Writers’ Network' (D.A.W.N.) is an original writers’ group based in Slough. Participants will be guided by a local writer, Richard Hill, who has had articles published in over 20 UK leisure and lifestyle magazines with an accumulative estimated readership in excess of five million. 

 

www.FanStory.com No matter what your age or skill level you can benefit from our upgraded membership for writers. For over five years  has been helping writers improve their craft. All writing gets honest feedback

 

www.fishpublishing.com Fish Critique Services. Our expert editors provide a Critique Service, which aims to give constructive and encouraging feedback.  This service is available at any time.  A Critique of a short story will be at least 250 words.  Please allow three weeks to receive your critique. Critique per story: €45.00 (£30.00, US$70.00)

Post to: Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland (There is no postal or ZIP code) Tel: +353-(0)27-55645   info@fishpublishing.com      

www.hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk Authors advisory service. aims to help writers achieve publication. Scouts for a leading literary agent

www.inkbites.com  is a great resource for writers, particularly unpublished writers, to post their work and get feedback. Their mission is to encourage writers to pursue their interest, and provide objective criticism on their work

www.jbwb.co.uk/index.html The JBWB offers a critique and editorial service with a proven, professional track record and many satisfied clients all over the world. 

 

j.jarrold@btinternet.com John Jarrold has worked in publishing as an editorial director for fifteen years, with Simon & Schuster, Random House and Time Warner (when it was called Macdonald Futura and owned by Robert Maxwell).  He offers his services to authors as a book doctor (fiction and non-fiction); to publishers as a freelance editor; and as a literary agent. Check out CV and editorial rates at: www.sff.net/people/john-jarrold/index.html Tel: 01424 440652

 

www.keywordeditorial.com Keyword Editorial Services: manuscript appraisal service for writers; next-step advice and tip sheets included. Run by award-winning author, journalist and tutor with scriptwriting MA. See webpage for details, client testimonials and other writing services.

 

www.lynnehackles.com Critiques start from £12

 

www.oxfordwriters.com give professional market-based advice on all aspects of writing, publishing and broadcasting. They currently offer: Manuscript assessments; Tuition and mentoring; Editing and proof-reading; Advice on agents and publishers; Publicity advice and copywriting; Voice coaching for public readings. We have a first-class team of novelists, playwrights, poets and editors who will share their expertise and experience. Visit their website for information about their services and fees. If you would like advice on any aspect of writing or publishing. Stephanie Hale, Oxford Literary Consultancy

 

www.real-writers.com Real Writers provides a supportive critical appraisal service for aspiring writers and the benefit of a little inside knowledge from experienced professionals

 

info@sharonzink.co.uk Reasonably priced full-length editorial critiques of manuscripts of any sort. Hourly rate for individual tutorials is £20. The cost of manuscript services is subject to length – please contact me for a quotation. Limited places are available for all small group courses. Advance booking is advised to secure a place. To receive more information, please e-mail: info@sharonzink.co.uk  or call 07794 960729

 

www.storytracks.net Storytracks provides constructive criticism of unpublished typescripts, and much more! Tel: 01395 279659

E-mail: margaret@jamesk.freeserve.co.uk or marina@marina-oliver.net

www.streamwriting.com For people who want to get the best out of their writing.  Critiques, coaching, and kind but stern words offered to anyone who is committed, seriously committed, to getting their book published 

www.writing.co.uk Literary Consultants run by ex-literary agents and editors. Offers translation service and manuscript appraisal

www.writers-consultancy-service.com The Writers Consultancy Service offers a wide range of professional services, including critical appraisals, preliminary appraisals, editing and proofreading. I can also help with presentation and preparation of manuscripts, and provide useful pointers on areas such as submitting your work to publishers, writing covering letters and following up submissions. 

Email: editor@writers-consultancy-service.com

www.thewriterspractice.co.uk The Writer’s Practice. Manuscript assessment on novels, children’s books and radio drama. With a team of dedicated tutors (with over 21 novels, 90 children’s books and 33 radio plays between them), the consultancy aims to give clear, market-based advice for your next draft.

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Publishing Your Book 

www.abgrundrisse.net Abgrundrisse is a small group of designers, artists & illustrators who can provide the following services for authors and writers who wish to self-publish their books, magazines/journals, pamphlets, booklets, scripts, comic-books & graphic novels, memoirs, poetry collections, etc (pretty-well anything printed that sits between covers). We provide a sensitive and attentive service at competitive prices to help authors into self-publishing their works. For further details, please contact Michael at: books@abgrundrisse.net or ring: 01304-617626 (please leave a message if we're unavailable and we'll ring back ASAP)

www.andrewcoles.org.uk Book binding service based in North Yorkshire. Produces first quality books.  Provides a friendly service, specific to your individual requirements. Also offers a foil lettering service to NAWG members.

www.canwritewillwrite.com We are a new company dedicated to helping unpublished authors get their work published. Having discovered the hard way how difficult it is to get agents and publishers to look at manuscripts from unknown writers, we offer a platform for authors to display their work. Only serious authors are eligible; they must have written at least two full-length novels to be considered for inclusion. Contact: bookworm@canwritewillwrite.com  

www.cinnamonpress.com Cinnamon Press, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU

www.digitalrarebooks.co.uk Send files by attachment and they produce the first proof FREE. You then decide if you wish to continue. Also offer hard copy facsimiles of out of print books, if you own the copyright. They will meticulously scan the original and re-produce your book from this, to a high standard.

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Low start up costs to get the book into print, especially for colour reproduction

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High quality product, printed and bound to customers budget

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E-book creation, for online distribution

www.dolphin-associates.com Offer a design, typesetting and printing facility which incorporates every stage of production from start to finish. They are not publishers but could possibly assist those authors who wish to have their manuscripts published and are prepared to fund the work involved.  www.printmanagement-midlands.co.uk

www.greatnorthernpublishing.co.uk Award winning home of quality publishing in Yorkshire

www.lifelinespress.com  LifeLines Press is run by professional writers. They produce limited hard back editions made to be kept as heirlooms, handed down to friends and family.  Every book is individually designed, printed on archive paper and stitched. They are bound in a variety of leathers and hand made marbled papers by skilled craftsmen using traditional methods.  The deluxe editions are bound in calf and tooled in gold leaf, but there is also a much cheaper range using beautifully coloured book-cloths. All the materials are of the finest quality, designed to last 100 years or more.  LifeLines also print paperback runs for those who want additional copies. Ring Rebecca de Saintonge on 01892 512323 or email info@lifelinespress.com

www.oneworldnet.co.uk/ebooks This ebook is the product of over twenty years in professional publishing. It describes in clear, non-technical language how to self publish your own ebook and sell it yourself, keeping 100% of sales. Covering manuscript preparation, typesetting, book sizes, copy editing, proofreading, design, illustration, layout and PDF files. With more than 400 links, offering a range of FREE utility and tool downloads, plus instructions on setting up your own site and selling your book with e-commerce. You too can be a DIY author!

www.pabd.net Publish and be Damned. If you'd like to see a sample of the type of book we can produce, I'd be very happy to send you a copy of 'Getting your Words Worth', a book full of advice and tips on successful self-publishing that Andrea Lowne, UKAuthor's Managing Editor, has published with us

www.pepperpress.co.uk Independent publishing imprint    

www.publishforprofit.co.uk Want to be published? Email: publishforprofit2@yahoo.co.uk

www.publish-this.com helps authors to get their work in front of the right publishers and literary agents. Authors can post their submissions on the site, and also have the option of sending them to the site-based mail box of  individual members of the book trade. There is no general public access to submissions, protecting authors from plagiarism. Each registered publisher and literary agent has their own page, where they can provide feedback and advice to authors

 

rdoyle@dorrancepublishing.com Print on Demand Publishing. E-mail to receive your FREE RoseDog Books Publishing Guide 

www.redleadpress.com Red Lead Press allows you to enjoy the experience of becoming a published author without taking on the burden of a large financial commitment. Your total cost for publication will be $295. There are no hidden fees or add-ons. Your total fee will be $295. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at 800-270-7654 or by e-mail at tgoss@dorrancepublishing.com

www.saltpublishing.com Chris Hamilton-Emery, Publishing Director, Salt Publishing Ltd, PO Box 937, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1 5JX, UK

www.spiritpublishing.co.uk Spirit Publishing is a small new UK publishing company. We are dedicated to publishing quality written work without authors having to pay to publish and our work includes proofing, printing and management. The way we operate is that authors become our marketing team, selling and distributing each others books as well as their own. For each book sold that they distribute, one of their own is printed, distributed and sold. In this way, authors do not have to pay to be published, but work with us to generate interest, media attention and sales.  

www.StevenManchester.com Sunpiper Media Publishing seeks to support authors interested in social change and awareness. 

 

www.wafaiprinting.com Wa Fai Graphic Arts Printing Co. Printing factory in China & Hong Kong. Mail Peter Ho for a catalogue, providing an address: peterho@wafaiprinting.com

 

www.thewatchettspress.com The Watchetts Press is a new on line publishing group run by authors for authors

 

Whitmore Publishing Company invites authors of manuscripts of all genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books) to contact them to learn about how to submit your manuscript for consideration

 

www.writebuzz.com Be published and be read. Writebuzz® has been developed to enable members to publish their writing, and to provide an exclusive resource for readers

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Resources for Writers  

www.sunrisewebs.info Need a website? Sunrise Webs will build your website to your specifications at very reasonable rates. 

www.alcs.co.uk The ALCS aims to promote and protect authors' rights. There is advice about copyright and related issues. It also offers fee-collection for authors whose works have been copied 

www.annejoseph.co.uk is an independent editorial service for writers, providing a constructive assessment of an author's manuscript. Anne Joseph specializes in non-fiction, Jewish books/Middle East and children's books. Email contact@annejoseph.co.uk

www.authorbank.com Authorbank is an electronic clearing house for new book proposals and ideas. Authors register with authorbank and, for a one-off fee, gain the right to enter new work onto the database. The format for submissions has been devised to provide the information that publishers really need to assess new work. Registration provides a public record of each book proposal through a Digital Object Identifier enabling verification of the posting by a third party, protecting intellectual property rights. Publishers registered with authorbank gain access to a database of proposals and sample chapters. All the submissions are categorised into internationally recognised subject areas and regularly updated. Information about the authors, their credentials and promotional possibilities are also listed. Contact with the author is established through authorbank. 

www.bookbackup.co.uk Download a FREE trial. Book Backup meets a demand identified at the London Book Fair. Book Backup automatically backs up manuscripts, professional and personal data online so files are recovered with a click and earlier drafts reviewed intact. No disks or special computer skills are needed. From £5.95 a month. Book Backup is run by Allied Westminster (Systems) Ltd, who provide the same computer backup to the financial services sector with the highest level of reliability and confidentiality that demands, and who also run www.legalbackup.co.uk and www.bunkerbackup.com

 

www.businesslink.gov.uk Creative Services & Media Regulation Information. Business Link provides details on regulations, trade associations and Government contacts for the Creative Services & Media sectors

 

crimewrite@hotmail.co.uk What's it like to stand over a murdered body? What do you do first, protect it from the weather, go to the briefing, set up a common approach path...? You're called to a firearms incident where a sawn-off shotgun has been discharged from a car. Do you swab the weapon for Low Copy DNA, do you swab for gunshot residues, can you examine the vehicle and the victim? Does your examination spoil one of the three Operations your force currently has running? I am a Scenes of Crime Officer working for West Yorkshire Police and have been for ten years, and I am a member of the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (Speciality: Scene Examination) Need an insiders point of view? I would be happy to read a passage of work to see if it is factually correct, suggesting revision as required, and I would be happy to answer questions to help the writer achieve his/her goal of authenticity.

www.dvshop.ca/dvcafe/writing/crime.htm  For anyone interested in crime and mystery writing or who wants to research any aspect of police or detective work 

Daryl Willcox Publishing
Daryl Willcox offer a wide range of news and media services, and resources for PR professionals and journalists including online press release services. Find out more on our site. www.dwpub.com

www.howtobooks.co.uk/leisure/writing/creative.asp

How To Books are an Oxford based publisher of reference on a range of subjects including self-development, business, working abroad and study skills.  They currently publish almost 100 new titles each year and have a backlist of several hundred additional titles.

The National Association of Writers' Groups is featured in their book Creative Writing. It is a first-rate guide for writers who want to get published, with plenty of hints and advice that really will improve the way you get your words down on paper. Read a review at: Book Review - Creative Writing.

 

www.internetwritingworkshop.org mailing lists for all styles and genres, providing:

bulleta community where writers can submit and critique works through email
bulleta forum to discuss all aspects of writing
bulleta public service educational organization, FREE of charge, staffed by volunteers

www.rejectioncollection.com Read and share rejection slips

www.synergise.com/writers  offer two very different features of interest to writers. Firstly, there is their 'Departure Lounge Bookshop', a feature that is part of their popular travel article site, which places a random group of their small selection of promoted books on a bookshelf on all their travel pages. It is the online equivalent of the airport bookshop and also aims at impulse buyers. For a small annual fee, authors and publishers can feature their book, complete with medium size cover picture, sell text, and up to four button links for sales, reviews, etc. The interesting aspect of this is there is always a bestseller on the shelf, so all books featured will be seen alongside bestsellers. The other feature of interest is the 'P4 Personality Mapping tool', an online & offline product, featuring a dedicated tutorial for novelists. This tool enables an author to intuitively reach detailed psychological descriptions of characters best suited to meet plot requirements; this enables an author to gain in-depth knowledge of their characters by 'getting inside their heads', early on in the writing process and thereby enhance writing quality through added realism, and reduce rewriting time.

www.troubador.co.uk/readersreview New books magazine launched, which is dedicated solely to independent reviews of self-published books. Aimed solely at those involved with self-published books, be they authors, publishers, readers... and yes, bookshops. Readers’ Review (ISSN 1748-1422) will publish three times a year in full colour throughout, and will be reviewing a selection of recent and forthcoming self published books in each issue. 

www.ukprwire.com Press release services. Handles an unlimited number of your press releases with a global distribution including the world's major financial newswires

www.thewebsitedesignstudio.co.uk Liz Wilkinson Website Designer Tel: 01903 879362 info@thewebsitedesignstudio.co.uk 

 

www.whitstablebeachhouse.com Whistable Beach House - A Perfect Writers' Retreat

Whitstable Beach House is a set on a private beach with stunning and uninterrupted views of the sea. It is a perfect place for a quiet retreat for artists' and writers as well as those seeking some contemplative time. A 10 minute drive from the centre of Whitstable, the beach house offers modern all amenities making for a cosy and comfortable stay.

 

www.writeout.co.uk New, unpublished and aspiring writers to show their work or sell it when it is ready. We have fifty writers showcasing their work, another nine on the way and an average of one hundred and fifty visitors a day.

www.writers-camp.com Writers Camp is a brand new resource with the aim of assisting writers to get their work in front of almost every potential agent on the planet. Upload the first chapter of your work onto our secure categorized database which will be accessible by both agents and publishers. They will be able to scan their areas of specialization, category by category and when they find a piece of work that they are interested in, they will with permission, be put in direct contact with the author. To pre-register, simply email your name, preferred email contact address and area of specialization (fiction, romance, children’s, fantasy, etc – this will allow us to ensure that we include every category that you require). Please send your pre-registration information to:  register@writers-camp.com  

www.writersmarket.co.uk  aims to help writers to find markets for their work by offering a constantly updated comprehensive online database of publishers, magazines, broadcast media and agents. Plus it has a growing collection of in-depth articles by industry professionals on all aspects of the writing and publishing process. No Catch, No Fee

www.writerspromote.com  This internet-based writers group is a co-operative club run by writers for writers. You get your own FREE individual website, members’ partnerships, tools, resources and support functions, including a  database of agents, publishers and other important contacts with built-in tools for manuscript submission and mail shots. 

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Secretarial Services  

www.advantage-northampton.co.uk Advantage Northampton Secretarial Services offer a full range of confidential, professional and accurate services. Registered under the Data Protection Act 1984 (Registration No. A2198019) and you are assured that all work undertaken remains strictly confidential. 

Tel: Shelley or Katie on 01604 469933 

Email: enquiries@advantage-northampton.co.uk

arnavaz@arnavaz.com All types of typing undertaken, copy or audio. Work can be printed and posted or e-mailed to any destination. Multiple copies on paper or copies on CD/floppy disk. For special jobs, call and individual quotes given. Mrs Arnavaz Aston, 07867 556647 daytime or 01488 71860 evenings. Rates: up to 1,000 words – £1 per hundred words. 1,000 to 10,000 words – 75p per hundred words. Over 10,000 words – 60p per hundred words. (Based on Microsoft Word word count facility) Additional copies of work 25p per printed sheet up to 25 sheets, over 25 sheets, 15p per sheet

www.assuredtranscription.co.uk Assured Transcription offers copy typing, audio typing and digital transcription services. With very high standards of spelling, grammar and presentation, and meticulous attention to detail, you are assured of a reliable and cost-effective service. Rates start from £4.50 per 1000 words, or £12 per hour. Telephone 01732 810502. Email Mary Anne Evans: info@assuredtranscription.co.uk  

Barbaraf755@aol.com Typing Services offers a professional secretarial service at reasonable prices.   I can type your manuscript from handwritten copy and transcribe digital sound files.  Other work includes letters, invoices, accounts typing and CVs.  Your work will be done by an experienced secretary using modern technology.  Please call 07941 893052, email barbaraf755@aol.com  or visit www.cumbriabusinesslinks.co.uk   and look under T.

 

catherine.hoar@btopenworld.com Professional & Confidential Word Processing Service.  Manuscripts, Dissertations, Journals, Abstracts, Audio, Digital, Correspondence and more. 14 years secretarial and administrative experience.  Telephone (01639) 823974

 

clare_long@hotmail.com Highly experienced RSA qualified secretary offering efficient, fast and accurate word processing, copy typing and audio transcription services, together with file transferring services.  Confidentiality guaranteed. Member of the Institute of Qualified Professional Secretaries.  Tel: 07729 220209 

 

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Essential services for the discerning entrepreneur. Confidentiality guaranteed. Large range of services. Excellence as standard. Competitive rates – email me for a quotation. Tel: 07780 790572 for general chat about what you need. Check out website for further information. Click here to email

 

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www.pwlsecretarial.co.uk  A Virtual Secretarial business. I was a secretary/PA for over 30 years in the banking and insurance sectors before setting up my business, and can provide transcriptions from mini or standard cassettes, CDs or sound files or written/typed manuscripts. All work is treated in a confidential manner. I would be happy to provide you with any further information you may require.

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