by nikkicopleston | Oct 26, 2019 | Blog
I entered the Wells Literary Festival Short Story competition without a thought of getting shortlisted, let alone winning it! I’d read entries from previous years and concluded that ‘Anything goes!’ So I had a go, with a story that derived from a few...
by nikkicopleston | May 19, 2017 | Blog
How do you get those words out of your head and onto the page or screen? Do you write a swift first draft and then go back over it, tidying it up and editing it as you go? Or do you worry away at your first chapter until it’s absolutely perfect, before carrying...
by nikkicopleston | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
Boxes of books arrived the other day – four boxes of The Shame of Innocence. I stacked them on the sea chest in the dining room and gave the cat strict instructions not to go anywhere near them. Publication day is just over a week away, and the launch event at...
by nikkicopleston | Oct 30, 2016 | Blog
I was in Bristol this weekend, attending the SilverWood Writing Day and Social, organised by SilverWood Books for their authors. The venue was at Welsh Back, right by the water, in one of the oldest parts of the city. I listened to a panel of writers talking about...
by nikkicopleston | Sep 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been so preoccupied with The Shame of Innocence lately, I haven’t spent any time on this blog. I’ve also been busy preparing a workshop on crime writing, as part of Frome Writers’ Collective’s Frome Word literary festival, running...