Maxine Davies

What does it mean to be an ‘emerging writer’? Given that the average earnings of an author were just £10,497 in 2018 (according to a survey carried out by the University of Glasgow), it would be limiting to suggest that ‘emerged’ writers are those who make the vast majority of their income from their writing; it’s now possible to be established and still require alternative streams of income.

August 04, 2021 | Blog | Comment ↓ Mslexia magazine has teamed up with top Readers from The Literary Consultancy and Gold Dust to bring you the definitive guide to writing a first page that will hook potential readers and agents alike. The How to Write Your First Page ebook, due for release on 9 August, does exactly what it says on the tin.

Our brand new How to Write Your First Page ebook does exactly what it says on the tin. In a series of concise ‘First Page Surgery’ masterclasses, Mslexia’s guest book doctors assess the first 300 words of 18 widely differing novel manuscripts – including historical crime, YA fantasy, sci-fi adventure, literary comedy and more – and make suggestions for how they could be improved.