Develop Your Craft, Realise your Potential.
Welcome to Wordsmith_HQ: The online platform here to support you on your writing and publishing journey
Tell me about your writing…
Through workshops, courses and writing-related events, 1:1 support programmes and one-off mentoring calls, we focus on your writing practice; helping you to develop your craft and realise your potential.
Our publication and showcasing opportunities, and online resources, enable you to strengthen your portfolio, build your confidence, and share your writing within and beyond our unique Wordsmith community.
Our team of poets, fiction writers, tutors and proofreaders is here to represent you.
Our work is written in honesty, driven by passion and everyone is welcome.
I can’t wait to hear from you and to support you on your journey towards publication!
Sophie (Founder) x
1:1 SUPPORT AND MENTORING
Our personalised programmes and one-off mentoring calls offer 1:1 support for you and your writing, including detailed feedback, access to our team and resources.
workshops and courses
We support individual writers and groups, schools and businesses, by offering bespoke courses and workshops, both online and offline, plus unique writing events.
publish with us
Submit for the chance to be published in print in our quarterly journal, The Purple Breakfast Review, or showcase your work online as part of web-zine, Freckled Ink.
![What our writers say… - ‘A big thank you to Sophie and her team for helping me pull the final strands of my first novel together. [They] offered me an honest, impartial appraisal and constructive solutions for resolving my outstanding concerns. They rallied me to keep going, encouraged me not to over-bend to the views of others (including their own), but to have the confidence to stay true to my own voice and my original concept.’ - Kathryn Adams, Death in GronderePictured left: Our Kathryn with Adams’ first novel.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf3e0fcec4eb77626afde81/1558213021495-XIDK7ZE4U03I4NHIEDOI/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kNiEM88mrzHRsd1mQ3bxVct7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0s0XaMNjCqAzRibjnE_wBlkZ2axuMlPfqFLWy-3Tjp4nKScCHg1XF4aLsQJlo6oYbA/0361.jpg)
What our writers say…
‘A big thank you to Sophie and her team for helping me pull the final strands of my first novel together. [They] offered me an honest, impartial appraisal and constructive solutions for resolving my outstanding concerns. They rallied me to keep going, encouraged me not to over-bend to the views of others (including their own), but to have the confidence to stay true to my own voice and my original concept.’ - Kathryn Adams, Death in Grondere
Pictured left: Our Kathryn with Adams’ first novel.
Are we connected?
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We’d love to connect with you!
Join us on Facebook for our latest news and opportunities, on Twitter for the BIGGEST shout-outs about your success, and on Insta for all of the behind-the-scenes content and inspirational quotes…
Sophie, Kathryn and Em x
INSTAGRAM @Wordsmith_HQ
TWITTER @HQ_Wordsmith
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RT @Sophie_L_Hyde: Couldn’t be prouder of @HQ_Wordsmith Team, @EpicNerdEmmy & Kathryn for all the work they’ve put into this one! I s… https://t.co/58PJ0RVh6h