Emma Finlayson-Palmer

THE TIMES/CHICKEN HOUSE CHILDREN’S FICTION COMPETITION 2014   We are thrilled to launch this year’s Times/Chicken House Children’s ...

The Successful Children’s Writer: Many Eggs, Many Baskets

:: Mslexia Women's Novel Competition - a writing competition for unpublished women novelists ::

After a long break from the blog in the mad rush in the run up to Christmas I am back and trying to get back to work. Theoretically as the s...

I love looking at opening lines of books, it can be the make or break stage on whether it grips you enough to read on! Here's 100 best...

Simon Says!: Where Do You Write? : Where do you write? This is a photo of my desk, where some of my writing is done. It's where most of ...

Spring cleaning has turned to summer cleaning in our house, hence a un-writerly summer! I have been working on a couple of ideas for childre...