Heide and Iain's writing newsletter

Heide and Iain's writing newsletter - October 2013

Published: Sun, 10/06/13

Heide and Iain's writing newsletter - October 2013

Welcome to our newsletter. We'd like to remind anyone in and around Birmingham that the launch party for Pigeonwings will take place this Saturday and you're ALL very welcome! (more details below)

1) WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO

2) PUBLISHING SCHEDULE

3) WHERE WE MIGHT SHOW OUR FACES

1) WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO

Pigeonwings virtual launch

The Facebook launch party was an exhilarating evening of fun and silliness. Caption competitions, giveaways and dressing-up. The book was on free giveaway for the occasion, and got boosted into Amazon's top 10, so that was a great result.

Goodreads Giveaway

If you're not familiar with Goodreads Giveaways, take a look. It's like a free raffle for books, and they are all physical books that will be sent to you in the post. There is a giveaway running until 12th October for a paperback copy of Pigeonwings.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/63294-pigeonwings

Ten To One

Ten To One is the exciting collaborative writing project from Pigeon Park Press in which ten writers will create a novel together.

Third Round Results - The third round of chapters for Ten To One were shared 4 weeks ago and the public were asked to vote for their favourite characters/writers. The votes from Facebook and e-mail were combined with the judges' scores and William Thirsk-Gaskill, creator of the character Tim, was voted out of Ten To One. As part of the process, William has now been invited to join the panel of judges.

Ten To One got a mention in the Birmingham Post (UK) a couple of weeks ago, a lovely write up by Louise Palfreyman.

http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-based-book-project-ten-one-5913034

Ten To One author interview - Luke Beddow -

As part of the Ten To One project, we are interviewing each of the Ten To One authors and posting that interview on the Idle Hands collaborative writing blog. This month, Luke Beddow, talks about strong characters, male twenty-something protagonists and keeping control of your collaborative project.

http://www.mrclovenhoof.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ten-to-one-author-interview-luke-beddow.html

Reading event, Cafe Bebo

This was a warm-up for the POW-WOW Litfest. Readings in what must surely be the noisiest venue in Birmingham!

Collaborative writing workshop

POW WOW Litfest.

We hosted a workshop for a group of POW-WOWers in Moseley Exchange. Two hours shot past in no time, and the groups came up with some superb ideas. It was heartening to see people who entered the room as strangers going off with plans to write something together!

Collaborative writing workshop

Andromeda One.

The shorter version of the workshop at this new convention.

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2) PUBLISHING SCHEDULE

Very Soon:

-How to write a collaborative novel

Read extracts at Heide and Iain's blog http://mrclovenhoof.blogspot.co.uk/

Late 2014:

Clovenhoof Book 3 (featuring Joan of Arc)

Clovenhoof Book 4 (featuring the Monks of Bardsey Island)

3) WHERE WE PLAN TO SHOW OUR FACES

Pigeonwings launch party

Saturday 12th October 2013

7pm

Old Royal

Church Street

Birmingham

https://www.facebook.com/events/391187987671364/

...as it turns out, there is another launch event in central Birmingham immediately before ours.

It's quite possible to get to both, so if you want to get a free ticket for the launch of the Tindal Street Writers' Group anthology The Sea in Birmingham click here:

http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/the-sea-in-birmingham-tindal-street-fiction-group/

All Hallow's Eve Spoken Word Event

Wednesday 23rd October

6:30pm - 8:30pm

6/8 Kafe

Temple Row

Birmingham

https://www.facebook.com/events/176064802581025

Jewellery Quarter Bookwormers Group

Come and Meet Heide Goody and Iain Grant

7pm

Thursday 23rd January 2014