Why it’s Important to Encourage Children to Write – Joseph Cohello QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Having worked in schools for over twenty years I have seen first-hand the spark that lights up in children when they realise that words are something they can contribute to … Continue reading
Writing about Health – a competition for Scottish Writers
A new and free to enter competition for creative writing revolves around the medical archive of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow historic collection of medical items … Continue reading
Historical Costumes for Writers – a Rare Chance to Get Up Close and Personal
A chance for writers, dressmakers and fashion history fans to really get to grips with what people wore in the past, very, very gently. It’s not just the look of a dress, but also how it felt when you put it on and how much help you needed to get into it…
Don’t go Hunting for Beauty if you Want to be a Poet – Patrick Kavanagh QUOTES FOR WRITERS
No poet ever traveled in search of beauty. No poet ever looked at a scene and cried “Wonderful.” Memorable beauty comes at us obliquely while we are going about our … Continue reading
Writers of Erotic Fiction – Your Chance to Shine
An international short story competition for writers of erotic fiction
Mrs Finnegan’s Brighton Almanac – Are You Fluent in Sussex English?
Mrs Finnegan’s gives a quick guide to the Sussex dialect, explains how butter was invented and sprinkles a few puns from the 1830s across her almanac. We only have ourselves to blame,,,
Why Short Stories are Vastly Superior to Novels – Edgar Allen Poe QUOTES FOR WRITERS
…in a short story the writer has the soul of the reader under control…
The Importance of the Wild and Messy First Draft – Susan Steinberg QUOTES FOR WRITERS
“…there’s a place for formula like hair dye, maybe cooking…” but not in writing says American novelist Susan Steinberg
Mrs Finnegan’s Brighton Almanac – the importance of having an Emergency Bottle of GIN available at all times
Advice for the hot weather How to get rid of flies from Indoors Take One teaspoon of brown sugarOne teaspoon of creamhalf a teaspoon of powered black pepperMix well together … Continue reading
Writing is Perhaps the Greatest of Human Inventions – astronomer Carl Sagan QUOTES FOR WRITERS
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan’s Almanac – Brighton Isn’t Just for Royals
June comes in with the scent of roses. BUT all too often it has an OLD SHAWL on her shoulders, A BAD COLD in her head and CORNS on her … Continue reading
In Praise of Longer Sentences – Ed Simon QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Within a long sentence—clause upon clause, the commas and semicolons, em-dashes and colons, parentheticals and appositions piling up—there can be a veritable maze of imagery, a labyrinth of connotation, a … Continue reading
Write a Fight Right – Rita Chang-Eppig QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The beauty of literature is it’s not a movie, says Rita Chang-Eppig. That means you don’t have to give a blow-by-blow account of a fight scene
Mrs Finnegan’s Almanac – the Secret of the Witches of Hove
Mrs Finnegan’s Almanac of 1836 unlocks the real story behind the witches of Hove and discovers the patron saint of the impossible.
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 