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The Last Hurrah
It has only recently occurred to me that I should think before submitting work to absolutely any magazine or competition who will have me, but when Slingink announced they were unable to award prize...
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Venturing an Opinion
It seems reasonable to celebrate, or at least mark, National Short Story Week with a round-up of the stories short-listed for the BBC National Short Story Award as broadcast last week on Radio 4....
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Short Story Time
I consider myself more a reader of novels than of short stories, but just as I have found time for writing short fiction, I am also learning to give it a place in my reading schedule – and for pleasure...
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Anglesey Snow
'The Green' at Beaumaris Buckets and spades not required Snow may no longer be a big story but not even the locals can remember a time when Beaumaris beach was covered like this. And I’m glad I took...
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A Mouse and a Jellyfish
Mouse Years has just been posted on the Brighton COW (that’s Community of Writers, by the way) website. It has now been published in Scribble Magazine and was short-listed by Exeter Writers’ Circle...
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Get Writing 1: the prize
Interrupting my current musings/rants on blogging to report on a Grand Day Out provided by Get Writing Conference 2011 and to say that my efforts to get there (2hrs 40 mins in never-ending downpour)...
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Small but perfectly formed
An interesting coincidence this week – or was it? On Wednesday, thanks to Twitter I picked up an interesting post on Vanessa Gebbie’s blog about the visual impact of fiction, i.e. how layout and...
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Find me (again) on Ether Books
A small celebration today as Ether Books have accepted another of my short stories, making four in all. They are all under 2000 words, which I thought would suit the i-phone platform, and at least...
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The Writers’ Platform-Building Campaign
This quick post is really about the writer’s dilemma: how much time to spend ‘looking out’ into the world, making friends, connections and establishing an online profile, compared to the...
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The (People’s) Friend
If I were writing a nostalgia piece about my childhood, The People’s Friend, or The Friend as my Granny called it, would be sure to figure. She came to stay with us when I was around six and from that...
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The unkindest cut of all. On being edited
Editing. We all do it. We all need it. It’s part of the writing process I actually like: looking at what I’ve done, revising, snipping, polishing. Those of us who are unpublished will probably might...
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On demand and in the ether
At last week’s literary lunch in Suffolk I decided to read a short story which is the last (latest?) in a series about a retired couple coming to terms with their newfound life together ( I married him...
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Unchained uncovered!
Absolutely thrilled to be sharing the news I’ve been keeping under wraps for a while. You all know I’m devoted to my writing group which has been the breeding ground (is that the word?) for all kinds...
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Bristol Women Writers and Unchained
Time to celebrate! Less than two weeks to go until the official launch of Unchained, our anthology celebrating the 400th anniversary of Bristol’s original chained library. After a whole year of...
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Unchained Anthology, a gift that’s as pretty as a bunch of flowers – and...
With Mothers’ Day (that’s Mothering Sunday for the traditionalists) almost upon us, don’t forget that you can still buy the small but perfectly formed paperback version of Unchained - a pretty nifty...
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Those writing questions answered by Judy Darley
I met Bristol writer Judy Darley last autumn at a Bristol Literature Festival event and last week I reviewed her great short story collection over on the Unchained blog. For those who can’t be at...
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It’s all happening – another events round-up!
You may have guessed that what with the start of my MA course and my monthly blog for Authors Electric, I’m less likely to be mulling things over here, but this is a reminder of some upcoming events...
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Enjoying the moment in Stroud
The audience awaits! Stroud Short Stories was a great evening for readers and listeners – and I was lucky enough to be both. It’s a lovely venue with a fantastic atmosphere and I can recommend the...
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Stroud Short Stories – submissions open
submissions open for April It seems no time since I was up in Stroud at the Short Story event last October and telling you all how great it was. The good news is that submissions are open for the next...
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St Andrews Photography Festival – being part of it
“Celebrating 175 Years of Photography in the home of Scottish Photography”. By invitation! When I found out about the first St Andrews Photography Festival taking place this summer, I had a pang of...
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