Creative Writing Students who Self-publish - Elizabeth Kay
It’s twenty years now since I first put together an anthology of work by my adult education students – I teach both art and creative writing. I think I was one of the first; before long, everyone was doing it. I was fortunate enough to have a graphic designer as one of my students, and he put it together. No e-books in those days, and very few people had computers. No print on demand; the adult education service put up the money for a 2000 print run, and we paid back every penny. We had a great DIY launch at Kingston Waterstones. The contributors came from several different classes – general fiction, poetry, and art. Those who had additional cooking skills provided food; someone else who was an interior designer did flower arrangements, and the artists did posters. We included work from tutors, which gave potential students an idea of the strengths of particular classes – and meant we had a couple well-known name...