Womag and other writing

I'm very pleased to have had my story Jack and Jill accepted for The Weekly News. It will be in the 22nd December issue (possibly und...

Allers is the Finnish sister magazine to the Swedish Allas. Under the terms of the standard contract with Aller media, a story sold to on...

Are We Nearly Famous? is a free ebook, written by me and three of my writing friends. It contains a short story, some information abou...

Today's guest is Sharon Boothroyd , who is sharing details of a new (to this blog) short story outlet. Free Book Publicity It...

We've just been on holiday (no, not another one – the trip to Scotland was a working trip ... mostly). Whilst in Greece I spotted a news...

Hi everyone - greetings from Greece! (I know those aren't Greek flags, but I wanted something to wave at you (and I haven't downlo...

Is it worth me writing posts this month, or are you all doing NaNo and so too busy to read them?

Us writers are often told we need to study (or research our markets). Not everyone does this. A lucky few of those who don't will natura...

Womag editors are very keen on seasonal stories. I'm using the term 'seasonal' in a very broad sense here – it covers spring, su...

Here's another monthly random photo for use as a story prompt.  It's also your chance to share success (or otherwise) ask questio...

Sorry the blog has been rather quiet lately – I've spent two months travelling around Scotland and had very limited internet, so haven...

Here's another monthly random photo for use as a story prompt.  It's also your chance to share success (or otherwise) ask questio...

It's almost your last chance to get Perfect Timing for 99p / 99c. Tomorrow it'll be going up to £1.99 / $2.99. Perfect Timin...

My latest short story collection, Perfect Timing is for sale at the introductory offer price of 99p / 99c for the next few days. Perf...

This comment was left on one of my earlier posts – " Hi all (@cella @geraldine in particular), Im writing from workers' rights c...