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An embarrassingly satisfying intrusion into writerly secrets

Helen Lederer

Jun 1, 2020
3 min

An embarrassingly satisfying intrusion into writerly secrets

Tierney Acott, on the 2020 CWIP Unpublished Novel Prize longlist with Nigel Helen Led here: I love the name Nigel – a great name for a ca...

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Helen Lederer

May 30, 2020
5 min

‘Boldly going inside the mind…’

Helen here – oooo! the excitement about writers is not only finding out what FONT Nancy might use for her everyday but where she gets her...

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‘If it's rude to stare, we must now be rude as we go graphically funny’

Helen Lederer

May 29, 2020
6 min

‘If it's rude to stare, we must now be rude as we go graphically funny’

Helen here – groundbreaking! (For someone who used to hide their art homework and only managed a batik of a cyclamen for art ‘O’ level by...

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Nosy Parkering with CWIP’s unpublished writers. It might be rude but it won’t be dull.

Helen Lederer

May 28, 2020
4 min

Nosy Parkering with CWIP’s unpublished writers. It might be rude but it won’t be dull.

Helen here - there’s nothing better than finding out how other people write and what biscuits they like and if they use wet wipes at thei...

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Helen Lederer

May 14, 2020
3 min

CWIP has a Home Birth - shock news!

So, when I got all grumpy five years ago, about there not being a woman’s comedy literary prize - I had no idea that my unfashionably bitter

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Blimey, another CWIP graduate’s gone and got a publishing deal

Helen Lederer

Apr 16, 2020
2 min

Blimey, another CWIP graduate’s gone and got a publishing deal

As the Longlist is announced next week – I thought it prudent to showcase another CWIP success story, Jo Turner.

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ANOTHER CWIP ENTRY UNPUBLISHED SUCCESS, (no need to be shortlisted)

Helen Lederer

Apr 9, 2020
3 min

ANOTHER CWIP ENTRY UNPUBLISHED SUCCESS, (no need to be shortlisted)

Dear witty reader I offer a CWIP inspiration in times of tapestry, baking and Netflix – I offer a CWIP success story!

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Entry Form for unpublished Writers

Entry Form for unpublished Writers

The cwip
blog

An embarrassingly satisfying intrusion into writerly secrets

‘Boldly going inside the mind…’

‘If it's rude to stare, we must now be rude as we go graphically funny’

Nosy Parkering with CWIP’s unpublished writers. It might be rude but it won’t be dull.

CWIP has a Home Birth - shock news!

Blimey, another CWIP graduate’s gone and got a publishing deal

ANOTHER CWIP ENTRY UNPUBLISHED SUCCESS, (no need to be shortlisted)

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