When womagwriters meet

After years of knowng her virtually, it was great to meet Alyson Hilbourne in person recently. If you read women's magazines you're very likely to be familiar with Alyson's lovely stories, and unless you're very new to this blog you'll know she often contributes links to competitions and comments as Ados123.

We had an informative guided tour around our meeting place. I wonder which of us will be the first to feature an archeologist in a story? 

(This might be a slightly easier 'guess where we are' challenge - but only if you concentrate on the top image. The others are random places we stopped on the way.)

Don't panic - contributing to this blog doesn't automatically mean I'll be heading off in your direction demanding a chat and cup of tea!

Free entry competition news

Thanks to Sharon Boothroyd for sending me the link to this novel writing competition. The prize is £5,000 and representation by Curtis Brown. There are runner up prizes of writing courses. To enter you must be female, resident of the UK, Republic of Ireland or the Channel Islands and not previously been traditionally published.

Thanks to Vivienne Moles for this ghost story competition. You have up to 5,000 words and until 21st December. The prize is publication and a small Amazon voucher.

And thanks to Suzan Lindsay for this poetry competition. It closes on Sunday night, so work quickly if you want to win the £50 of book tokens.