Sam Blake has written eight books, has had multiple number one bestsellers and has been nominated for Crime Novel of the Year three times. She’s also helped hundreds of authors to publication along the way. A scout for numerous agents in the UK and Ireland, Sam has been working on…
Deadlines 31st January 2023 – 31st March 2023 There is something for every writer at the Plaza Prizes, whatever you write! Crime: First Chapters. Send us your first 5,000 words, plus a One-Pager (300-word summary) Deadline 31st January 2023 First Prize: £1500. The winning Crime: First Chapters entry will be…
I attended my first Inkwell Writing Workshop in 2007, when I was 20 years old. My Mum cut out the advertisement from the Irish Times because she knew I really wanted to be a writer. I thought the one-day course on writing commercial fiction sounded really interesting, and I booked…
