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WORDPLAY
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About Us
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Intelligent, Interesting,
Informative, Inspirational
Welcome to WordPlayWriters, the online home of WordPlay Writers' Forum. |
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With
the primary aim of encouraging writers to write and to get them read, WordPlay
caters for all levels from the novice to the professionally published author.
WordPlay’s
imaginative approach enables writers of all abilities to hone their skills and showcase their talent
to a wider audience. Our ethos of being Interesting, Informative, Intelligent, and Inspirational will empower writers to reach
their true potential.
WordPlay services are professionally delivered and competitively priced, with discounts
of as much as 50% on our standard charges to WordPlay members.
As well as discounts on WordPlay services,
our members can contribute to all WordPlay publications and access
member only pages, which include news, information and competition listing information not available to non members.
WordPlay also gives scouts, agents
and publishers the opportunity to discover new and exciting writers.
Conceived by two published writers
during the fourth quarter of 2009, WordPlay is the dynamic solution
to the requirements of modern day writers. With the
primary aim of encouraging writers to write and to get them read, WordPlay
caters for all levels from the novice to the professionally published author. WordPlay’s philosophy
encompasses all genres and forms of writing (be it long, short, factual, fictional, prose, poetry, serious, humorous, song…the
list is never ending). New and different, WordPlay Writers' Forum immediately set itself apart from other writers groups. The unanimous positive
response to WordPlay’s practical ideology made it evident
the market place was waiting for this fresh author centric approach to be made available to all in the form of wordplaywriters.com. WordPlay’s
imaginative approach enables writers of all abilities to hone their skills and showcase their talent
to a wider audience. Our ethos of being Interesting, Informative, Intelligent, and Inspirational will empower writers to reach
their true potential. WordPlay also gives scouts, agents and publishers the opportunity
to discover new and exciting writers. |
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WordPlay: the service for tomorrow's
writing world, today.
Whilst discussing their then current writing projects, and how best to complete
their respective works and prepare them for the market, Michael and Ian found themselves discussing the merits (or otherwise)
of various services for writers. Their discussions also focussed on the direction in which the crowded book and publishing
market is moving.
The conclusions they drew led to the foundations of a bespoke writers' service
- run by writers for writers - which would also give the publishing world a pool of tried and tested talent to call upon.
So it was that wordplaywriters.com was born, with the central aim of encouraging writers to write, and get them
read.
It quickly became evident that the service should encapsulate all the requirements of new and already established
writers. It also became clear that as a community of writers, WordPlay could
achieve more than any individual could ever hope.
The WordPlay
business philosophy means that much of its revenue is passed back to its members, either through discounted services or the opportunity for our best talent to benefit financially from their writing and associated skills.
Very simply
WordPlay helps to increase its
members' writing ability in a cost effective way whilst rewarding top achievers.
Are you a writer? See how WordPlay can benefit you here.
In addition to being the one stop shop for all a writer's requirements on the road to becoming published,
WordPlay also acts as a funnel for both agents and publishers looking
to pick up the next big thing in the literary world.
Are you an agent, or publisher, or a business looking for quality writing services? See how WordPlay can benefit you here.
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Ian Govan, Executive Director, is responsible
for Operations and Services
Ian
began life as foetus, emerging as a child within less than
a year. He learnt stuff like that at school, which duly followed. A
bachelors degree, ‘A Desmond’ (2.2) came next and he remained a bachelor for some further years, working as a
teacher. And, yes, the holidays were great! Marriage (no longer)
and two children – the full set, one of each – came along, as did disillusionment with teaching. Excess government
intervention actually made teaching, real teaching, impossible. After
a spell in corporate life – a company car, bliss, and a Masters degree obtained the hard way, at home, before and after
work – he moved for a short time to what was then, The Institute of Management. Before he became institutionalised he
set up his own Business and Management Consultancy (1993). Alexander Consultants Europe SL (Global and Intergalactic seemed
a tad over the top!), has been the longest he has ever spent doing the same thing. After five and a half decades on the planet, he is still a child at heart. His passions are his children (now
adults in their own right) and writing, particularly comedy. His greatest achievement in life is remaining a Birmingham City
supporter through a lifetime of ‘thin and thinner’. He has hair which reflects this. 
Michael Barton, Executive Director,
is responsible for Finance and Marketing. Michael is an identical
twin, so from an early age became used to being called something other than his given name. This ability, he has discovered,
is a useful attribute within married life. He left school at 18
after achieving mediocre A Levels (probably easily good enough to gain entry to a top University now), and started his working
life as a self employed chilled foods salesman (aka Ice Cream Man). A
couple of years passed, and he decided to try his hand at something different. So his City career began, which spanned nearly
two decades and gave him the opportunity to learn a whole range of skill-sets and many ways to churn and burn clients (more
positively known as catering to clients’ needs!). After his
third redundancy (its not all fat cat salaries and eye bulging bonuses) and having spent six months supporting his best friend
to the end of his life, Michael moved into the world of personal financial advice. This, he soon realised, is the real rip
off sector of the financial industry. Disillusioned with work, with Britain, and with life in general - and for health and lifestyle reasons - Michael
moved to Spain with his wife in late 2008. Michael now works in
a Restaurant, which gives him the money to struggle to support a relaxed lifestyle, a desire to write, and a son and daughter
who, although grown and flown, just seem to get more expensive every year (How does that work?). |
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