Welcome to the home of The Fine Line
The Fine Line Short Story Competition
The Prize The Fine Line’s inaugural short story competition is now closed. Whatever your taste, style or inspiration, submit your tale and you could win £200 ($320/€230) and publication in The Fine Line Short Story Collection. A percentage of all entry fees goes to charity so you’ll be doing good while getting your work out [...]
Is It The Only Word We Have Left?
Note: this piece was not originally so ladylike, but in order to remove both an adult-only rating and facebook blacklisting of the site, it has had all rude words replaced with nice euphemisms. The necessity of rewriting the piece rather proved its point: the word shocks like no other. So, while reading an interview with [...]
What About The Words? The Real First Step To Getting Published
A while ago, I went to an evening of talks about Getting Published, given by women with various jobs in the publishing industry. The women were entertaining, the talks interesting, and the atmosphere comradely. Chatting to the organiser in the bar afterwards, I mentioned that I noticed, though they had a great deal to say [...]
Starting Out
Starting out, a good place to begin is to decide where you want to write. Find a place – and attire, if necessary – that inspires or just gives you a little space to think. Think about how you want to write. Places and practices vary. Here are some recommendations for finding yours. Blog this! [...]
The Zeal and Softness Becoming to the Sex: the Origins of the Agony Aunt
In 1693, the first British women’s magazine, The Ladies’ Mercury, was published. It ran for only four issues before folding. Quite why its run was so brief is unclear, particularly given the fact that its male counterpart, The Athenian Mercury, ran for over seven years. Presumably the concerns of the fairer sex weren’t considered sufficient [...]
