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Judith's Room is a creative writing community, providing space for women to write, grow and be supported as they develop as writers in the disciplines of fiction, poetry, life and travel writing.
We recognise that for many women who are juggling multiple roles at work and at home, finding the confidence and encouragement to write and the means to pursue their creative ambitions can be challenging and problematic. All too often we can feel like our identities as writers aren't taken seriously, or, worse, we end up undervaluing our own skills and achievements by not feeling 'good enough'.
Here at Judith's Room we hope to empower you as women and writers, to take pride in your talent and achievements, to be ambitious, and to celebrate our journey through life as mothers, daughters, sisters and friends.
We welcome women of any age and any level of experience, from people taking their first tentative steps, to up-and-coming writers, and successfully published authors.
Our name takes its inspiration from the Virginia Woolf essay 'A Room of One's Own', in which she suggests that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction". In her essay, Virginia uses the fictional character of Shakespeare's sister Judith to explore issues surrounding the talent and potential of women writers and the difficulties they have faced. Judith may have been as equally gifted as her brother but as a woman of the time would not have been allowed to write or be published. She left for London to try her luck, but ended up dead on a roadside, just another Anon: another forgotten female literary giant that never was.
Here we hope to take up the mantle in Judith's name, providing you with a room of your own and all you need to grow as a writer, and fighting for the end of creative dreams left to die on the roadside.
We hope you'll join us.
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Travel writers
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Short Stories
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Share your success!
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Reading Room
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Poetry
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Opportunities
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Fantasy tales
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Writing for Children
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A question of grammar (a…
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Writing Competitions
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E Books!
Hi folks, I've just uploaded my books, Love Match and All You Need Is Love, onto http://www.smashwords.com and dtp.amazon.com as ebooks if you'd care to take a look. For those of you interested, plea…
Started by Mary Malone 5 hours ago.
have you had to fight for your love of writing? 6 Replies
I wrote a post today as this weekend I found myself arguing about my blog with my sweetest and dearest other half. In fact on glancing at Josie's prompts this week there was no umming and arrghing -…
Started by Marianne Whooley. Last reply by Marianne Whooley 1 day ago.
Who is interested in swapping books by mail? 7 Replies
I had a thought about starting a book loaning club with each other. I thought we could post titles of books we recommend and own and if someone was interested in it, then the owner would mail it to t…
Tagged: lending, books, swap, book
Started by Susie. Last reply by Becky Goddard-Hill 1 day ago.
Introduce Yourself! 258 Replies
If you're new here we'd love for you to introduce yourself to the community so we can get to know you better. Tell us about yourself, and any contact details you'd like to share (email, website, twi…
Started by Josie George. Last reply by mamamakes Mar 7.
Badge for Wordpress 10 Replies
It's most likely me and my lack of IT knowledge, but I'm struggling to make a widget on my blog with Judith's Room badge. http://marisworld.wordpress.com/ Has anyone else had this problem? It see…
Started by Marianne Whooley. Last reply by Christine Mosler Mar 1.
Twitter and Blog addresses list 83 Replies
I know many have put their information in the 'introduce yourself' thread but it has gotten all so full and messy and quite frankly I'm a bit lazy. Okay, I'm a lot lazy but I doubt I'm the only one.…
Started by Heather. Last reply by Rachel Carter Mar 1.
Blog Posts
Locked Up
Posted by Crystal Jigsaw on March 9, 2010 at 9:40am
Go Me!
Posted by Sarah Cruickshank on March 8, 2010 at 7:42pm
The many faces of me
Posted by Sarah Cruickshank on March 8, 2010 at 7:38pm
Grandma's Picture
in a 3 bedroom 1930's semi on the outskirts of a small town. The house
also had a large back garden, seeming much bigger when I was a child.
We always used the back door which opened into a little porch, or
lean-to as is sometimes known, which went straight into a small
kitchen. I remember the units being similar to the ones we used to
have in the farm house kitchen before it was renovated. Two doors in
the kitchen, one leadi… Continue
Posted by Crystal Jigsaw on March 8, 2010 at 10:50am
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