Womag and other writing

Free entry writing competitions In case you missed it, here's a link to the extra post I made on Tuesday, with three free to enter comp...

  This week's post is much earlier than usual, due to the limited amount of time left to enter one of the competitions coinciding with m...

Womag news HB spotted this from The People's Friend on X recen tly "We're thinking of summer! Especially summer fiction! Kick o...

Free entry competitions Parsec are running a sci-fi short story competition on the theme of metamorphosis. I thought I'd already mentio...

Have you finished all the festive cheese and chocolate, and got used to writing 26 instead of 25 yet? I've been doing better with one of...

Do you have writing plans for 2026?  My aims are to enter a few more competitions, complete the next novel in my cosy mystery series , get b...

Today is our Solstice / Christmas / End of Year / any other excuse you can think of / party! It's all happening in the comments. The mai...

We're having a party on 23rd December. Your invitation is here - just in case you missed it. Please share writing related news – succes...

23rd December is our Solstice / Christmas / End of Year / any other excuse you can think of, party! You, and a writing related guest (past, ...

There aren't many rules around here, but that's one of them. I think it's perfectly reasonable, if a bit random. As always, feel...

After a lot of research, and help from friends, I've updated my database of fiction submission guidelines for women's magazines. It...

I'm slowly sorting out the blog, but in meteorological terms I'm standing still, by pretending it's still colourful autumn, and ...

The autumn colour has been great this year, hasn't it? That made our trip to Scotland extra special. The photos were taken in the last g...

Today's guest is Fiona Ritchie Walker (who you may know as Fiona Thomson from her stories in The People's Friend).   A little while...