September 2017
All writers experience that dry period where they feel they have nothing left to say (Oh... just me?), so it's great to have a little...
July 2017
Submitting to Visual Verse has become something of a monthly compulsion; I think it's to do with the challenge. It's never an easy image...
June 2017
At the beginning of the month, I received an invitation to submit to Bare Fiction, a literary magazine which provides a platform for...
May 2017
Last year, I had a go at playwriting. I submitted a short to Pint-Sized Plays, and was delighted when I was longlisted and then...
March 2017
Not so much to report this month! Looking through my catalogue of writing, I noticed a few 100-worders which had not been published...
February 2017
I am a member of The Poetry Society and get regular copies of The Poetry Review, which are jam-packed with fabulous poetry, interviews...
January 2017
Some time ago I came across KART, a site for children's book reviews. Authors can submit their books, but must then wait with crossed...
November 2016
Not many submissions this month! I was busy instead redesigning some of my book covers. I finally entered the Reader's Digest 100-word...
October 2016
I have recently come across The Emma Press ('small press, big dreams'). What is different about them is that rather than charge a...
August 2016
A few years back, I submitted one of my children's books to The Chicken House. It almost got published... almost! At the final hurdle, it...
