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Name | Josephine Brick |
Preferred public name | Jo |
Bio | I started my career as a graphic designer and, inevitably, also ended up as a copy writer for everything from pantyhose packets to technical manuals. I’ve edited an art book, I was the production manager for the Arts Centre Magazine in its early years, I conceived and oversaw the production of a book of stories by local adult English students and I’ve had quite a lot of poems published over the years. I’ve also had a book of 12 short stories and literacy exercises accepted for publication by a publisher who then immediately went to the wall. I’ve written six full length novels none of which none have been published because somewhere along the line I totally lost my nerve, and I do mean totally. Nevertheless, pushed by a friend, I entered and won the Clandestine Press prize in the 2023 Scarlette Silletto Awards. Shortlisted Scarlette Stiletto Awards 2024. I’m currently the Language & Literacy Advisor for CGD Libraires |
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Why Do You Write? | It's an unstoppable urge and it makes me feel good. |
Have you been published before? | |
If yes, where have you been published? | Poetry books, cereal packets and Sisters in Crime 2023 collection of Scarlett Stiletto award winners |
What are you currently working on? | I'm a bit stuck at the moment. Have three ideas going but not 'loving' any of them so far. |
What are your long term goals? | To be a published author |
What is your writing regime? | When I'm working on a novel, a couple of hours a day on as many days as I can make the time. Like writing to deadline – during lockdown wrote two chapter-a-week novel for friends. |