Writing Wrapped up for Winter
In November, it was my privilege to judge a short story competition run by Erewash Writers. A bundle of shortlisted entries made its way...
Autumn for Authors: Operation October
Every year, I get caught out by important dates. I usually get wind of their significance the day before, by which time more organised...
September Submissions
On the first of each month, look out for the image on Visual Verse. You then have an hour to produce between 50-500 words inspired by it....
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...
December 2016
I received the winter edition of The Caterpillar. Here is the children's poem that they published. This month I submitted three rhyming...
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...
January 2016
I am still waiting for a couple of competition results from 2015, but in the meantime, I have submitted two entries - Boat Child and...
December 2015
At the beginning of the month, I hosted Tea and Tales at the local village library. It was a light-hearted talk and included readings of...
September 2105
In September I received an email to say that a piece of flash fiction entitled Bluebell Wood would be included in The Best of CafeLit 4....
May 2015
In May I submitted three pieces to Jotters United Issue 14 for the theme of Hooligans/Youth. Update: I was lucky enough to have all three...
