ANNOUNCEMENT!
Congratulations to the winners of our 2024 I Am Writing Competitions!
Well done to all those shortlisted too; all names are now celebrated on our website 😀
Our winners are:-
1/10
Well, 6 months to plan, and 3 days to experience. What a journey. Agents, guest authors, writers - thank you for being part of it. We will post our official thank yous soon, but for now, we need to hug our children, eat a full meal, and sleep. Travel home safely.And see you soon.
Goodness!
Announcing the I AM Writing Festival - a whole FESTIVAL! - taking place 4-12 June!
Huge thanks to Sara Gangai
@writerswkend
(formerly Winchester Writers’ Festival too) for entrusting us enough to hand over the baton.
Full press release/updates:
Behold! A Birthday is in the I AM in print house. Please join me in a rousing chorus.
Happy Birthday to my dear friend, Sarah. Here’s to the next adventure. 🤪🥰
With the
#iamwritingfestival
over, we want to piece together our thanks in a considered way for all the
#writingcommunity
KINDNESS we received on this journey and how we've re-learned something we tell you all the time - KEEP GOING!
A THREAD (supported by
@Coldplay
lyrics. Obvs).
We’re receiving such lovely comments, tags, emails & messages from delegates & presenters following the
#iamwritingfestival
and we will acknowledge you all. But first, A DAY OFF!! Coffee by the water and a no screen day (except to type this!). You are all amazing and we love you.
So... one of our households has been suffering loss this week of not 1 but 2 relatives from
#COVID19
😢 The 1st post-quarantine essential food shop tonight and was gifted these. Thank you
@waitrose
,
#kindness
really is everything.
Home now until food depletes.
#StayHomeSaveLives
MAKE SOME NOISE! The
#iamwritingfestival
bookings are LIVE!
In-person (Winchester, UK) and Online
5 KEYNOTE speakers!
65+ workshops & talks from editors, publishers, agents AND authors inc bestsellers.
#Agent121
9, yes NINE, packages
Join the fun! Book:
Big Things are coming soon from I AM in print HQ. Enormous. Expect announcements before Christmas. We REALLY hope you’ll love everything we’re creating as much as we do. Meanwhile we’re staying breezy and rolling into the week like…
Finally a huge thank you to
@SparkesAli
for rounding off the
#iamwritingfestival
with her fabulously fun Write Night Live!
And with that the festival has come to a close... Each year the
#WritingCommunity
blows us away. Thank you for coming and we'll see you soon 🎉📚✒️
It’s all very well amassing thousands of followers but we like feeling connected and would love to get to know each of you. So, let’s chat
#amwriting
!
We write
#MG
and have a planned trilogy containing mystery and magic.
What are you writing and how’s it going? Join in!
Congratulations to the twelve amazing writers who took part in our
#iamwritingfestival
pitch party last night! Every single reading was fantastic. Thank you as well
@SimonHallNews
and the wonderful agents who gave such insightful feedback 🎉🎉
@emrandallwrites
Live music! That uniting of people dancing and smiling to the skill of the performers who use the instruments to make magic. Resonates so much.(We’re off to see Coldplay in August and our hearts will be full that night and for many days after 🤟💚🎼🎹).
Please join me in wishing the lovely Elane (looking cool here in her sunglasses) a very Happy Birthday!
May this year bring more fun, laughter and writing related shenanigans. Birthday cake for anyone who knows where this picture was taken 😀
#HappyBirthday
#Sunglasses
#Fun
And that, as they say, is that! The
#iamwriting
competitions are closed for 2024.
Thanks to our platform for facilitating entries.
And huge thanks to the judges who are now preparing to shortlist.
A massive good luck to all of you that entered. 🙌
We were thrilled
@jonesgarethp
helped us announce our competition winners at the
#IAmWritingFestival
yesterday! It was lovely to congratulate some of you in person.
To see who won, visit
If you are one of the winners, we'll contact you soon.
A bit late posting this as I've just been talking to the angel herself, but please join me in wishing Elane a fabulously HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Hope this year brings more opportunities of laughter,
#books
,
#Coldplay
,
#love
, festivals 😜 and lots of fun! HAPPY BIRTHDAY my dear friend!
The
#iamwriting
competitions are OPEN FOR ENTRIES!
Here’s a little
#writinginspiration
from our literary friends sharing their post competition success!
You have until (10 minutes before 1pm!) 28 May to enter!
Good luck! Let all your talents emerge ✨ ✍️ 📚
#WritingCommunity
Just want to take a moment to send a hug to everyone in our
#writingcommunity
. It’s tough out there. And we’re all in it together.
Have a great Friday.
#writerslife
🥁 Announcing our inaugural I Am In Print Novel Award kindly sponsored and judged by publisher extraordinaire
@canelo_co
!
Dust off your adult fiction novel:
8 categories
Sponsored places available
Submit here!
#iaipnovelaward
#WritingCommunity
Are you coming to join us?
5 days, Team, then bookings close! This is THE ultimate Writing Festival, with top literary agents, publishers, inspiring keynotes and wonderful authors who want to teach you all they know!
#Bristol
19&20 May.
#writingadvice
Read to your children from birth. That's right - from birth.
We did. And both our boys devour books.
Daily. Nightly.
A great way to learn. A wonderful way to share.
Research shows that a child who reads for pleasure will do better at school. Not only that, but reading books as a family is a great way to bond, talk about the day & have fun!
#TimetoRead
encourages families to share stories together, even once their children can read.
We’re just weeks away from launching our next offering to the beautiful
#writingcommunity
. We’ll have a shiny new logo, a sparkly website and more content than you could possibly hope for to help with your
#writing
. To say we’re excited is an understatement!
Happy Friday, Team!
@Toryscott
Oh, Victoria, I feel your pain and desperation in these posts. The NHS is truly broken. My 92yo grandfather was sent home without visiting carers, virtually blind, barely mobile, to live alone, because on their tick sheets, “he’s coping”. What have we come to? Sending hugs. Elane
Our brand needs to say who we are and what we do (not an easy spec for a designer!). We’ve even considered a name change 🤔
As part of our rebrand we’ve selected a S/L of 5 logos. Colour, font & name placement can all change. Which is YOUR favourite? We’d love to hear!
For anyone curious about the ducks, last year at Winchester the University ducklings were the talk of the festival. While we sadly don't have any duck ponds on the fifth floor in Bristol, we've done our best to bring them with us 🦆🥹
#theducksareback
A massive thank you to
@TMLoganAuthor
for his fantastic key note speech last night at the
#iamwritingfestival
! We loved hearing the ten things you wish you'd known at the start of your writing journey 📚✒️
Love that
#selfpublishing
is trending!
However your book reaches readers, it has had to jump through hoops to get there.
To all agented, unagented, traditionally published, self-published & soon-to-be published authors, you are equally fabulous and long may you reign on shelves.
Children’s
#writers
who attend our events /
#Agent121
room speak highly of the brand Stuart has lovingly built from scratch. We recommend
#WriteMentor
regularly and know he supports us too - he messaged yesterday to check how we were! Another example of
#writingcommunity
spirit.
And here they are! The 2024
#iamwriting
Competition Shortlists!
Well done to all who were brave enough to enter. Three cheers for our 21 shortlistees!
If you are sharing the happy news, don’t declare the title of your entry (or the judge may identify you!).
🥁
1/9
We were treated to THREE songs in
@jonesgarethp
's brilliant key note speech this morning! It was a fantastically funny and a great insight into the life of a children's author. Thank you from the
#iamwritingfestival
!
We’ve scheduled top UK literary agents from now until Christmas to offer feedback on your submission package. Advice is so valuable when querying. And representation has even happened multiple times in our online room!
Book an
#Agent121
today!
So, we were going to announce our
#Agent121Weekend
but our subscribers snapped up places before we could tell you, and it SOLD OUT in 48 hours!
Shall we run another one? Which agents would you like to see?
Remember to subscribe to to be FIRST to know!
SURPRISE!
Sarah has a birthday today. Let’s see if we can push over the 5k follower count to mark the occasion!
Happy Birthday, Sarah 💁🏼♀️! Save me some cake! Elane X 🙋🏻♀️🎂
At the time we said
#neveragain
but it’s like childbirth, we’ve decided - you forget the pain and want to do it all again because it truly WAS so wonderful to meet you all.
So the question is, if we ran another
#iamwritingfestival
which city would you choose for it, and why?!…
@LauraPAuthor
The festival's tickets from
@IAmInPrint
By far the best investment of my writing career so far. Amazing networking and incredibly useful feedback from agents. EVERYONE should attend next year
NEWS! BIG NEWS!
Coming this morning.
Stay tuned.
(We’ve just got this little thing called The School Run to tackle first).
PS if you’re a subscriber, check your inbox, because you’ll know before anyone else!
16 years ago today, before we even knew this wonderful
#WritingCommunity
could ever be, we were in Malaga. We haven’t changed a bit!
😂 😂
Feel free to share a
#Throwback
beneath! Would love to see.
PS: we are often colour coordinated without discussion!
#FriendshipGoals
Our final key note speaker of the
#iamwritingfestival
was the wonderful
@MrsAmandaProwse
! Thank you so much for sharing your inspirational and moving story 🥰✒️📚
Woah! We've just scheduled over 30 agents from now until year end to help you whip that WIP into shape!
Want to see who? Head over to view the line-up and make your bookings! On your marks, get set...
#writingadvice
#writingcommunity
#writers
#agent121
I have started reading the
#IAmWriting
Romance competition entries and I can already see this is going to be VERY hard to judge. Wish me luck!
@IAmInPrint
Psssst!
Our hair pulling has been worth it. Our new website & logo are coming together nicely, ready to house an online writers’ world you’ll love. Oh, and goodbye
#neveragain
…
#iamwritingfestival
news is coming soon.
Be first to know. Subscribe now.
Morning Team! If you're having to cram in reading and writing this week around work and family commitments, while filling the cupboard with food, or remembering to buy the gas bill, have a BRILLIANT week ahead. You've got this! And the
#writingcommunity
is here for you.
Waking up to much love from writers we are privileged to have got to know, just a little bit. YOU are the reason we do what we do. So thank YOU for joining our lovely
#WritingCommunity
. We’re willing ALL of you on!
Now skipping into Sunday of our
#Agent121
weekend…
There have been many ups and downs along the way but I am so grateful our friendship has passed the test of time. Here are some pics for proof. Taken a mere (coughs) 10+ years ago.
Please join me in wishing my dear friend Elane Happy Birthday! 🎂
#grateful
#birthday
#amwriting
In an attempt to keep spirits up during these challenging times and offer
#writing
inspiration, watch our author / agent interviews for free in March.
Go to select one and enter promo code FREEMARCH
#amwriting
#amquerying
#literaryagent
We are beyond happy for
@WriterCornish
- a writer who has worked relentlessly to achieve her writing / agenting dream. What amazing news this is! Go Team Tracy and
@alicelovesbooks
- can’t wait to read all the books you create together. 👏 📖
Eek! I’m going to try and sound very cool, calm and collected as I announce that I’m now represented by the very lovely
@alicelovesbooks
. Thankyou Alice, I’m feeling VERY lucky and excited about this next stage of the journey. Big thanks to so many people: ALL my CPs
Just hours left to enter our 8 competitions judged by agents, publishers & authors. Cash prizes & agent feedback up for grabs and, no guarantees, but representation was made last year!
Crime/Thriller
Flash
Historical
MG/YA
Picture Books
Poetry
Romance
SFF
We’ve run 2 book festivals - specifically, writing festivals for writers wanting to share their books. It’s hard work, organising, with £0 financial gain, esp without sponsors. But the return is the community itself, joy only writers bring. No barriers. Just compassionate Humans.
I want to talk a little bit about why book festivals are the best thing in the world & why attacking them, actually, is about punching down and guilt-tripping the single best group of people I know. Readers. Reading is the most peaceful thing you can do. It makes us think. It's a
Please join me in wishing my dear friend Sarah a VERY HAPPY
#birthday
!
It's been a crazy year! But we've reached another of your birthdays!!! Have a brilliant day! And here's to much more fun, laughter, exasperation, challenge, solutions, exciting new ideas & friendship!
Elane X
Why not head to Torbay this weekend for the
@AChristieFest
International Agatha Christie Festival 14th - 16th September 2018. Includes talks, films and outdoor fun to celebrate her birthday. There is also a world premiere of her play 'The Lie'.
Drum roll! 🥁
Announcing
#agent121
- YOUR chance to chat ONLINE in a private room with a top literary agent.
Which agents do YOU want to go on (sub)mission with?
Visit
#agent121
to accept YOUR mission.
Roll the trail...
The lengths we had to go to, to find a venue that matched Sarah’s wardrobe, were a huge challenge. But thankfully, as
@PhilipArdagh
has pointed out, we may have got away with it 😉
Doesn't Sarah own a single non-matching-background dress? Or is it the SAME dress set to "chameleon mode"? The lengths she and Elane went to to make this year's
@IAmInPrint
's
#iamwritingfestival
in Winchester memorable is impressive to say the least!
The brilliant
@DA_Agency
has its first Virtual Open Week 27 June - 1 July!
Twitter Q&As, Pitch Contests, Instagram lives, helpful blogs and much more, the week will be jammed packed with events.
MARK IT IN YOUR DIARY and get ready for all the learning!
Live author interviews, book giveaways, guest blogs,
#amwriting
events - did we mention live author interviews?! Climb aboard - all welcome.
Take off is sooooon . . . 🚀
Please RT to all interested crew - Mission 1 is preparing to launch!
The first
@EveWhiteAgency
#PitchParty
is here!
From 9AM-9PM GMT TODAY, 24th January, your novel in up to 280 Twitter characters using
#EWPP
!
Full details of what the agency seeks is here 👇🏼👇🏼
Only 24hrs until the Eve White Pitch Party! We're looking for pitches that excite, surprise and hook us in a single tweet & offering a 30min online consultation as a prize for best pitch. Open to any unagented adult fiction writer.
#EWPP
For more info:
Just sending out love to all our
#writingcommunity
.
#Writing
may be hard
#Querying
can be wounding
But dust yourself off and carry on - this is vital as we've seen writers find agents after years of trying.
Keep. Going.
You don't know how close you are.
#writingmotivation
All of the judges have told us the bar was really high for these competitions and narrowing down the lists has proved to be a bigger challenge than they imagined. So to everyone who entered, give yourselves a huge pat on the back. 👏
We're very excited to announce another
#Agent121
weekend with a host of fantastic
#LiteraryAgents
to give you 15 mins of
#writingadvice
on your letter, synopsis and first chapters.
8 - 11 Oct 2021
Book:
Be quick! Places are going fast!
This is one tweet we have been waiting for! Look out for the super talent that is
@LucyVAndrew
. We have had the pleasure of getting to know Lucy this past year. Her representation is testament to her hard work and brilliance.👏
I’m so excited to announce that I have a literary agent! I’ve signed with the wonderful
@EuanThorneycrof
at
@AMHeathLtd
and I can’t wait to get started on the next chapter of my writing journey! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me to get to this stage!
One of us (Elane) is moving house tomorrow - found out at 3pm today! 😲😱🤪
On the PLUS side the boxes of books will soon be unboxed and ready to enjoy again VERY soon! Every cloud…😆
(Oh, and Sarah just hopes Elane’s internet works 😬)
#writerslife
#moving
#movingatchristmas
Helping writers meet agents is why we're here. And it's the best feeling when an agent offers representation to a lovely writer we've got to know just a little bit in our correspondence.
We sometimes think we have the best job in the world.
#Agent121
#writingcommunity
#writing
@IAmInPrint
Iaminprint made all the difference - your agent 1 to 1’s got me from the slush pile to being represented. I tell every writer I meet that your service is absolutely essential plus you’re so super nice!!
Will you please join me in wishing Elane a very happy birthday? I am not sure how old she is anymore (She has no idea either) but I hope she will be around for many years to come!
Happy Birthday my dear friend! Love you lots!
#happybirthday
#itsnoteasybeinggreen
#amwriting
In other news, my beloved grandmother, whom I was very close to, passed from dementia a few weeks ago - so I’ve just voted (see below). If you’ve been affected by this horrible condition in any way, cast your vote for Butterflies too.
Elane
🙏
Our local dementia charity could win a lot of money for their cause if people just vote for them. I'd be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes (that's all it takes) and give this a RT - thank you xx 🦋
Our teammate
@AliceMay_Author
, now an official orange-badged Number One Amazon
#BestsellingAuthor
! Three cheers for Alice and, of course, the gorgeous Geraldine… who is another inspiration entirely!
Happy Weekend everyone!
#howtodraw
SAVE. THE. DATE!
On SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER we are running THE most incredible online
#picturebook
day with an exclusive line-up covering how to:
* put a picture book together
* bring text to life
* improve illustration
* find an agent
* get a publishing deal
Bookings open soon!
Elane may now retire after meeting one of her literary heroes in person in
#Bristol
this evening! We interviewed Maggie O’Farrell upon the release of
#Hamnet
and it was sheer joy to meet her IRL discussing
#TheMarriagePortrait
, her writing techniques & extensive research. Goals!