{"id":2420,"date":"2019-02-12T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2019-02-19T10:31:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:31:16","slug":"writing-for-a-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/2019\/02\/12\/writing-for-a-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing for a Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Do you want to write for a living?   What does a writer\u2019s day look like?   What are the options and how can you get started?   Our expert panel of professional writers look at the trials and tribulations of making a living from the written word and share their insights into breaking into this competitive, frustrating and rewarding profession. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/files\/2019\/02\/typewriterpurple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2422\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/files\/2019\/02\/typewriterpurple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/files\/2019\/02\/typewriterpurple.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/files\/2019\/02\/typewriterpurple-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/files\/2019\/02\/typewriterpurple-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Writing for a Living<\/h2>\n<h2>A Hums for Hire Workshop<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chaired by Jeremy Scott &#8211; Author and Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Panel:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Heidi Colthup &#8211; Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Emily Cook &#8211; Freelance Writer and Broadcast Journalist<\/li>\n<li>Emma Glass &#8211; Novelist<\/li>\n<li>Tim Harding &#8211; Communications Coordinator for Keltbray<\/li>\n<li>Yosola Olorunshola &#8211; Freelance Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 27th February, 16:00-18:00. Sibson SR2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are free but booking required through <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.kent.ac.uk\/leap\/event.html?id=4159&amp;service=Careers+Service\">Target Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to write for a living? What does a writer\u2019s day look like? What are the options and how can you get started? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/2019\/02\/12\/writing-for-a-living\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53063,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[143219],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53063"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}