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Read our columnists regular submissions on the trials, tribulations and rewards of writing.

GET STUFFED – and other advice for travel guide writers

Sunday, July 11, 2010
By Wendy Mewes
GET STUFFED – and other advice for travel guide writers

Wendy Mewes almost bites off more than she can chew I was asked to write the new Footprint guide to Brittany in June 2009. It looked a decent contract: reasonable recompense, good expenses, and a fairly free hand for choosing my subject matter. But as is always the case with time-sensitive publications, it turned into... »

Wendy Mewes: Writer in the Landscape

Friday, July 9, 2010
By The Editor

WRITER IN THE LANDSCAPE Walking and Writing Course This walking and writing course is for anyone seeking to develop their work through inspiration from the natural world and man’s complex relationship with nature. Come and explore Brittany’s immensely varied landscape as a pathway to creative resources. Location: BRITTANY, NW FRANCE A fantastic coastline and rich interior of forests... »

Wendy Mewes has a new, regular column on Brittany Writers Magazine

Friday, July 9, 2010
By The Editor
Wendy Mewes has a new, regular column on Brittany Writers Magazine

WENDY MEWES is the author of the Footprint Travel Guide to Brittany (2010). She has written seven other books about Brittany including Discovering the History of Brittany and Walking the Brittany Coast. As well as being a professional writer she also runs Brittany Heritage Services (www.brittanyheritageservices.com), working with tourist organisations and heritage sites to... »

George East Column – The Reluctant Traveller!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
By Cordelia
George East Column  – The Reluctant Traveller!

As promised in the last edition of BWM, here is our first contribution by a travel writer who appears to be on the way to becoming a permanent writer in residence in Brittany. For his first observation on the arts, crafts and trials of writing about foreign parts, George East discusses... »

Nicci Fletcher Column – No Plan survives first contact with an aspiring writer!

Sunday, November 15, 2009
By Cordelia
Nicci Fletcher Column – No Plan survives first contact with an aspiring writer!

No Plan survives first contact with an aspiring writer. (part 1) It was my birthday last week. Pause for appropriate exchange of pleasantries. For me, like many others, this is usually a time for contemplation about the success and failures of the past year. Fortunately I’ve got several years to go... »

The George East Column arrives at Brittany Writers Magazine!

Thursday, November 12, 2009
By The Editor
The George East Column arrives at Brittany Writers Magazine!

If anyone should know his onions about France and the French, it’s George East. The former nightclub bouncer, private detective, radio DJ, publican, gravedigger and pickled onion manufacturer has been writing about and messing around in France for more than thirty years. As he cheerfully concedes, he still can’t speak the language properly and is... »

Reporters & Columnists Wanted NOW!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By The Editor
Reporters & Columnists Wanted NOW!

Do you have what it takes to become a reporter for Brittany Writers Magazine? Can you write regular 1000 word articles and news items for your department in Brittany? Our regular readers have asked for more localised pieces. They want information about towns, people, businesses and areas of interest in Brittany. At BWM we are... »

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