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  • Flash Fiction Story

    As many of you know, I love writing flash fiction. Here’s a new story for you: Escape I stop, tears streaming down my cheeks. Soft whispers caress me, building in sound slowly, the harshness of the words with them. The snap of stiff wood to my right, a yell of triumph to my left. Fingers…

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  • Another Interview

    One of my former Writers Bureau students, Alan Dale, asked if he could interview me for his new blog. I was delighted to be asked and to support Alan as he starts on his blogging journey. Here’s a short extract from the interview: Perhaps we could start by looking at a few aspects of short…

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  • It’s Friday at last. I hope you’ve had a good week. If you’d like to feature as a guest on my blog, please get in touch. I’m looking for stories and non-fiction pieces of up to 1500 words and poems of up to 40 lines. If you can also send me a photo and a…

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  • Guest Blog Post

    Last week, I announced that I was bringing back my Guest Blog Post slot. I’m looking for stories and non-fiction pieces of up to 1500 words and poems of up to 40 lines. If you can also send me a photo and a little bit about yourself too, that would be great. Please send them…

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  • Guest Blog Post

    I’ve been completely overwhelmed with the support and help the wonderful blogging community has given me with my new book, Publication Guaranteed (Well, Almost!). Last week, the lovely Sue Vincent invited me to appear on her blog: I’d always loved writing, right from when I was a little girl and I was sure I was…

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  • Last week, I was delighted to be interviewed by author, Sacha Black on her podcast, The Rebel Author Podcast. We spoke about how I was her writing tutor when she first started out many moons ago with The Writers Bureau, as well as about my new book and how writers can make money from readers’…

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  • I was delighted to be featured as a guest writer on The Writers Bureau’s blog yesterday: It was when one of my students had a reader’s letter published that the idea for my latest book started to take shape. “It’s only a reader’s letter,” she said, “but it means the world to me. I’m published!”…

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  • Next week I’ll be announcing the launch date for my latest book, Publication Guaranteed (well, almost!). Here’s an extract from the beginning of the chapter on writing competitions: Is it a dream of yours to win a writing competition? To have your writing truly recognised? To know your story was the best? As a winner…

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  • Last week, I brought you news about the title of my first book in the A Helping Hand for Writers series – Publication Guaranteed (Well, Almost!) Want to know more? Here’s the blurb: Fed up with rejection after rejection? Not sure how to target the right market, or what to write about? Writers Bureau tutor,…

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  • Bite Size Writing Tips

    Going on holiday soon? What a perfect time to write! But surely holidays aren’t for writing? Holidays are for relaxing and doing nothing. For some they are but for others, they’re a time to see the sights and enjoy new experiences. This is excellent fodder for novels, stories and articles, as well as fillers and…

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