How to write a short story….and enter a competition
I recently came across the WikiHow entry on how to write a short story. The actual article contains good advice, but I arched an eyebrow when I read the introduction. … Continue reading
Today is International Conscientious Objectors Day
I’ve been sent a very interesting press release from the Imperial War Museum in London that I want to share with you. Until I read it I didn’t realise that … Continue reading
Creative Writing Newsletter – is that a good idea?
I’ve decide to give it a go – nothing too big or extravagant – sent by email to anyone who specifically says that they want to receive a copy. What … Continue reading
Is this the month self-publishing becomes respectable in the UK?
The Guardian newspaper has joined with publisher Legend Times to offer a monthly literary prize to the best self-published novels written in the English language – translations are also eligible. … Continue reading
A new job that gave me a lot of difficult questions to answer…what would you have said?
I’ve just become Writer in Residence at the Hysteria Writing Competition run each year by the The Hysterectomy Association. One of my first duties was to answer a lot of … Continue reading
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry….if you’ve got an unpublished novel needing a home
Got an 70,000+ word story saved on your desktop? Is it stuffed into a folder gathering dust underneath your bed? Someone wants to read it – at least the first … Continue reading
Strictly Come Writing — sneak preview
I have been working with writers at Portslade Adult Education to produce an anthology of stories and dreams, poems and works in progress and it’s getting very exciting as the … Continue reading
Rebel women! A call to write
I’ve just been sent a press release about a new poetry anthology that intends to showcase established and emerging women writers from across the globe. More than than it wants … Continue reading
You can never have too many festivals and we have a new one in Hove, actually
The first ever Hove Book Festival is only a few weeks away. Organised by bestselling novelist Dorothy Koomson, this is what’s on offer Write By The Sea With Simon Toyne, … Continue reading
If you can’t get your head around what’s happening in Ukraine perhaps a poet can help…
A dear friend, poet and novelist Naomi Foyle will be reading tonight at English PEN’s Ukrainian Poetry Evening in Oxford alongside poet Ihor Pavlyuk and translator Steve Komarnyckyj Naomi isn’t … Continue reading
Is this the next big thing? Another publishing company is looking for teen and YA fiction ebooks
I see that Bloomsbury Spark – a digital imprint from Bloomsbury Publishing (aka as J.K.Rowling’s publisher) is looking for teen, young adult and new adult fiction from new and established … Continue reading
How fast can you read? Test yourself
My score was 477 per minute in this timed test (which apparently is 91% faster than the rest of the population if you’re feeling competitive.) Click the screen above to … Continue reading
Literary Prize for unpublished novels or short story collections
The SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by black and Asian women writers in the UK is now accepting entries for the 2014 Prize. The prize runs biennially and … Continue reading
Be Nice to Bridget Day and Happy Imbolc – the start of Celtic Spring.
February 1 celebrates the first signs of spring in the old Celtic calender of festivals. The word Imbolc means in the belly referring to the pregnancy of ewes and the … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 