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It is with great pleasure that I welcome the wonderful Jane Risdon to my Guest Writer Spot, with this super article about her incredible writing journey. Decades of Patience. This past week has seen the culmination of more than 5 years working on a novel with my co-author Christina Jones. It seems such a long…
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When you’re working hard on your novel, or writing an article, or short story, do you ever find your mind going off at a tangent, and all sorts of quirky ideas start rushing in? I was writing a short story, which was actually quite serious in nature when, bizarrely, the following children’s tale came into…
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Have you ever noticed a blackboard outside a pub or restaurant? They usually have something amusing on them. Here’s the first one in my new series and now for the second:
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Welcome to the fifth instalment in my latest writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third and fourth in the series. This week, it’s the fifth part…
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It’s good to be back with my first Guest Writer spot for 2018. I’d like to welcome Ana Daksina for the first time. She’s written a tanka. If you like her poem, as I’m sure you will, please visit her blog for more: timelessclassics.wordpress. One of the Missing By Ana Daksina Where were you,…
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As many of you know, I am a bit of a cat lover and I do some work for Cats Protection, in various ways. A local author, Jenny Henwood, has just had her first book published. Atticus’s Secret is the first in The Rainbow Riding School children’s book series for children aged 4 years and…
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My market for your this week is a poetry one. Writing Magazine are celebrating the 200 year anniversary of Frankenstein with their ‘Monsters‘ poetry competition. Here are a few details for you: Line limit: up to 40 lines Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £50 Both prize winning poems will be published in Writing Magazine. Entry fee:…
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We’ve all seen them – blackboards outside pubs and restaurants that amuse and make us chuckle. Here’s the first one in my new series:
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Happy New Year! I know lots of you have been back blogging for a while, but I took a little bit of a break over the festive period. I hope you all had a wonderful time with friends and family and that your 2018 is going great so far. So, it’s back to my new…
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