The new issue of Writing Magazine is out today!

Plan your year with our FREE writers' events guide for 2016
The February issue – a bumper 128 pages – includes full listings of writing festivals, workshops, courses and retreats throughout the year. Whether you want to mingle with the world's best writers or hole up with your manuscript in the middle of nowhere, you can find your ideal event in our guide.
Inside the issue, genre-busting crime author Louise Welsh talks about merging darkness and light in her fiction, and our expert writers give you a call to action for the year ahead. Read how to:
• Make the most of your writing retreat
• Get booked at your local library
• Market your first ebook
• Write the perfect submission letter
• Sell your article ideas
• Create cliché-free crime dialogue.
And if you're at a loss where to start, our feature on 101 ways to inspire new ideas will get you going!
The February issue is available now, in print, digital and our new Made for Mobile edition. Get it now and get your writing year off to the best possible start.
Buy it today!