Resources
where to go from here
Resources from Nii Ayikwei Parkes
- Seven Signposts
- a list of check points to hold your work up against and make sure it is strong
- The Power of Normal: Exploring the Notion of Story Structure
- exploring how the norms that govern how we think about stories are predominantly Western
- Where It Begins
- on poetry
Places to submit work
Places to sign up for workshops
- Arvon
- Commonword
- Spread the Word
- Tŷ Newydd
- Moniack Mhor
- National Centre for Writing (NCW has lots of links on their site too)
For resources in the US, visit Poets & Writers. Also Gerard at Everyone Who’s Anyone has the most extensive list of contacts in the publishing industry, if you have an appetite for cold calling! It’s no longer updated, but it still gets people pretty far, apparently…