Emma Parsons 

Emma Parsons, ex journalist, editor, short-story writer and teacher is the winner of the London Writer's Salon One Great Paragraph prize. She is serialising her memoir The Drying Rooms - memories of an English boarding school on Substack
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The Drying Rooms - Chapter Twenty Two

Really enjoyed reading Anna’s interview with Rosie Hunt. Of course, the novel that immediately attracts me is Murder at a Boarding School!

Picture postcards, Miss Marple and the Vogue archive

Fascinating. The Londonist keeps me learning things about my city that I never knew.

The First Chinese Ship to Visit London

This really helps me to

accept the discomfort that comes with writing

What it feels like to be stuck
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My Writing Life: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
The problem with making things easier
Update: audio now available
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Update: BBC Radio 4 on boarding schools
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Hey friends. We created a quick start guide for anyone querying literary agents. Or for anyone submitting to our creative writing prompt this week.

Hope it’s helpful.

How to Write a Query Letter Agents Will Love

Congratulations, Sue. I thoroughly enjoyed your story.

Persimmon Tree has a winter online magazine out and i’m lucky enough to have a short story published in it

Dear Reader:

Consider this a trigger warning. Some of the best - and the most difficult - fiction and nonfiction you will ever read is in the current issue of persimmontree.org, including:

  •  Rae Dumont- a family deals …

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If you’re a writer who struggles to carve out time to write - every Monday-Friday we host 4 x live, ‘Writers’ Hour’ writing sessions.

We’ve been going non-stop since March 2020.

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