READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 5 November 2013 | Page 63

Following its successful New
Novels 2012 Competition and
publication of the three winning
novels, Rethink Press, a fast
growing Norfolk-based publishing
business, is launching another
competition for unpublished
fiction writers.
Norwich, Norfolk (PRWEB UK) 5
November 2013
Set up by Lucy McCarraher, a
novelist and self-help author,
Rethink Press has had an
incredibly successful 18 months,
having published 25 niche titles –
including fiction, self-help, business
books, travel, cookery and poetry.
It has just become the publishing
partner of the Key Person of
Influence (KPI) Programme (1).
The international New Novels
Competition gives two new fiction
authors a chance to get their
novels published in paperback and
e-book format, and benefit from the
publicity and marketing experience
of the Rethink team. Ten shortlisted
entries will receive feedback from
the judging panel and a coaching
session with Lucy.
Lucy McCarraher’s first novel,
'Blood and Water,' was published
by Macmillan after she entered the
Richard and Judy ‘How to be
published’ competition in 2004.
She loves giving other writers the
chance to get their novels in print
and is looking forward to
discovering some exciting new
talent.
Lucy says: “Last year we found
three amazing novelists and have
been privileged to work with them
to get their books published.
James Ferron Anderson’s literary
romance, 'The River And The Sea,'
has received wonderful reviews;
Angela Lawrence is much in
demand as a speaker on her WW1
true story, 'Rumour'; and Keri
Beevis’ campus murder story,
'Dead Letter Day,' has been a
runaway best-seller – we’re looking
forward to publishing the sequel.”
To help competition entrants, and

all aspiring novelists, Rethink
Press has published Lucy’s own
book, 'How To Write Fiction Without
The Fuss,' which is based on her
extraordinarily popular online
fiction-writing course on
http://www.howtowritebetter.net.
The book is also launched today
and gives writers tips on plot
structure, characters, setting,
theme, writing style and formatting
manuscripts – as well as grammar
and punctuation.
Sarah Bower, author of the
international bestseller 'Sins of the
House of Borgia,' and 'The Needle
In The Blood,' said, “Lucy
McCarraher has distilled all her
common sense, wisdom and
experience into a concise,
readable and practical guide to
anyone embarking on the daunting
and terrifying task of writing a
novel. Not only do I appreciate the
book as a novelist, but am also
inclined to steal her ideas
wholesale as a Creative Writing
teacher!”
The other New Novels Competition
judges are Norfolk novelist
Amanda Addison; James Ferron
Anderson, last year’s novel
competition winner; Sam Ruddock,
literary blogger and programme
manager at the Writers’ Centre
Norwich(2); and Rowan Whiteside,
also from Writers' Centre Norwich
and bookseller at Waterstone’s,
Norwich.
The final date for entries to the
Rethink Press New Novels 2014
Competition is 31st January 2014.
To find out more and enter the
competition, visit
http://rethinkpress.com/newnovels-competition-2014.
To buy a paperback or Kindle
version of How To Write Fiction
Without The Fuss, visit
http://rethinkpress.com/books/howto-write-fiction-without-the-fuss.

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