This is a blog run by published British writers. If you are British and a published writer, welcome! Please consider joining us! Drop me a comment at the end of this post, and I will be in contact.
If you are not British, and/or you are not a published writer, please do not try to join. It isn’t that we don’t like you, it’s just that it rather defeats the purpose of the group. Making sure that the people who write this blog are all British, ensures that you are getting your information from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.
We will be holding weekly question and answer sessions on the blog, so if you are a non-British writer with an interest in using Britain as a setting, you can ask us all whatever questions you fancy there. We will do our best to answer anything, and the policy of keeping the membership Brit-only will ensure that you are getting your answers from an authentic source! 
The Britwriters include:
Alex Beecroft, author of Captain’s Surrender
Ansley Vaughan, author of A Personal Statement
Fiona Glass, author of Roses in December
Jules Jones, author of Dolphin Dreams
Nicole Gestalt, author of Summer of Fire
Sharon Maria Bidwell, author of The Comet Cometh
Hywela Lyn, author of ‘Starquest’
Stevie Woods, author of Cane
Hi,
I have one anthology story, and one short story out with Torquere Press, and two more on the way, which I hope counts for your published author requirement, and I’m the English kind of British (grew up in Hertfordshire, went to Swansea for three years, and I’ve been in London over a decade now.) I’d be interested in signing up as a member, but if your ranks are full, I may just lurk in the Britpicking threads, tossing my tuppence into the ring as and when I’ve got something to add.
Cheers,
Alex
Ooh no, we’re not at the stage of turning people away yet
I’m not sure we ever will be! Feel free to tootle across to the Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Britwriters/ and sign up there. When you’ve done that, I’ll be able to sign you up to the blog too. The more the merrier, even if it does mean I suddenly have to become ‘Alex B’ 
Hey,
I’m also British and published with American publishers (e-books and trade paperback). I was born in Yorkshire, live in Essex (but don’t hold it against me, will you?), and I have regular arguments with my American editors about the dreaded ‘gotten’.
Can I join, please sir?
Hello! Yes, please do join
If you sign in to the yahoo group first http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Britwriters/ I’ll add you to the blog as soon as I have your email address 
Kate – I can so relate to that argument about ‘gotten’. I’ve just been through exactly the same thing myself when I discovered my lovely American editor had substituted “I had never ‘gotten’ ” for my “I never DID get…” which not only set my teeth on edge but subtly changed the meaning of the phrase as well!
Hi,
I’m English, born and bred and living in Wiltshire, not far from Stonehenge. I’ve got three co-written e-books with Cerridwen Press – one historic romance, and two fantasies. There’s a solo-written paranormal mystery romance due out in August with CP.
I’ve also got a solo-written m/m mystery fantasy novella with Ellora’s Cave – under a pen-name because my family are not particularly comfortable with m/m.
I would really like to be in touch with other Brit writers, so please can I join?
Hello Chris! You certainly can join! I’m sorry it took me a while to get back to you. It’s the school summer holidays so I’m busy entertaining children
If you join the yahoo group first:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Britwriters/
I’ll put you on the blog as soon as I can after that. (I need your email address to add you to the blog, so it’s easiest to do it this way around.)
Thanks, Alex, I’ve joined the group and written to it introducing myself.
Hi,
I’m an American, living in central Florida. I just saw on The Wild Rose Press loop that it is okay to ask questions. So, here is my question: I have a contemporary romance that was recently rejected. One of the comments made by the editor was that a British Earl, or anyone of royalty, would never use the term, “Bloody hell, or bloody paparazzi, or bloody anything.” If this is the case, what would be a good British expletive for him to use?
Thanks. It’s nice meeting ya’ll.
Hello Loretta! That boggles my mind! Because ‘bloody’ anything is a perfectly good expletive for an Earl or aristo. As a matter of fact the upper class in Britain swear more than the middle-class, and ‘bloody whatever’ would be considered quite mild and polite.
I strongly suspect that your editor was mistaken! In fact I can’t think of a better word. ‘Sodding’ I suppose would be a possibility, or even ‘fucking’. I just heard the other day that Prince Phillip was in trouble for saying to someone who was correcting him on his plants at the Chelsea flower show ‘I didn’t ask for a fucking lecture!’ You can’t get much more royal than that
But basically I think there’s nothing wrong with ‘bloody’.
Thanks for clearing that up, Alex. I did think the editor was a little off base with her remark, but being from south Florida, I wanted to be certain.
Hi,
I have 30 short stories published, a non fiction narrative on living with a two year old, a fantasy novella, two ebooks appearing in Nov (I was the one asking about ITINS) and a play in development with BBC Radio Scotland (as well as several wonderful projects that someone will publish soon -possibly- hopefully..) Can I join?
Hello! Oh, I’m glad you’re interested in joining
I was going to ask whether you fancied it, and then thought it might be a bit pushy, so I didn’t 
We’d be very glad to have you on board. If you go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Britwriters/
and apply to join there, I will set you up on the blog immediately afterwards. It’s quite encouraging how many of us there are, and we’re just starting to work on some joint promotional material now
Dear Alex,
I’m a black British writer who breaks down barriers with smut. Pretty much everything I’ve had published (20 short stories and 1 novella) has been through American publishers. I’d love to join your group.
Hola.
I am a british writer currently trying to break into the american comic book market with a creator owned project.
Image comics currently accept such projects for consideration and i will be sending off submission soon.
I have an artist prepping some sample work for it also.
My question would be, does anyone have any experience of forming a partnership agreement with an artist or other party as part of their project?
I would also very much like to join this blog forum so that i may contribute to the whole with information on trying to get your own comic book idea published.
Cheers.
Hey ! I am a member already of the Yahoo group … but not this blog … I recently obtained a WordPress blog (wildedreams) and would love to be included here …
I’m multi-published with Torquere Press, and an exiled Brit currently living in Canada …
Cheers!
A.J. Wilde
I am a published journalist. Do I qualify or are you only interested in published novelists? I have two completed novels -and am working on a third -but none are published yet.
Bru
Sorry about the delay, Bru! I had to run it past everyone else, as we are all novelists and it was something we hadn’t thought about before. But the consensus is yes, you’re welcome to join
If you sign up to the yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Britwriters/
I can then use your email address to get you set up on the blog.
Alex
Hi Alex,
I can’t imagine why I haven’t come across the site before. Anyway, I’ve had 3 crime novels published here – Material Evidence, Rough Justice and The Darkness. The first two have also been published in the USA and a historical novel The Figurehead is due out there in ebook and paperback this summer. I’ve also co-authored Just Write, which is aimed at helping students to write essays and other academic exercises.
I’ll join the Yahoo group and, if there’s room here now and then for me to stick my oar in, I’d like a try.
Bill
Me again. I’ve joined, been accepted but, just to prove how thick I am, I can’t for the life of me see how and where to post my first blog. I clicked on the post button under my name on the list of members but my posting spread way beyond the readable area of the screen and I thought that that was maybe for group messages rather than blogs anyway.
Help. Please.
Hi Bill! Sorry about this! I’ve been having one of those weeks where I’m overwhelmed with stuff to do. I haven’t set you up to post on the blog yet, but once I get your email address from you, I’ll set you up asap.
I think I must have lost my mind. I managed to get on the yahoo group ages ago but not the main site. My links are just useless. I wonder if Bill did the same thing as me? OOh – can I blame you Alex? Maybe it’s not me at all. That would be a first.
Well, moan over – I write erotic and non-erotic romance for Ellora’s Cave and Loose Id. One short story with Ravenous Romance and a horror piece with Alienskin. I also write thrillers – as yet unpublished but under consideration by an agent. I’m British and proud of it!
Hi Barbara! Sorry about that! It probably is my fault. I’ll go and send you an invitation now (as in, immediately!)
Oh no, that’s curious! You are already registered as a contributor to the blog. So you certainly ought to be able to post there already. Maybe it’s just logged you out. Try going to http://wordpress.com/ and logging back in again.
Barbara,
In answer to your (no doubt rhetorical) question about whether I ‘did the same thing’ as you. If you do anything that betrays a total lack of technological know-how, I’ve [probably done it already. And blaming Alex (or anyone really) is a good idea.