Womag and other writing

You might have noticed I've not been posting or commenting as much as usual. I did have a bad cold (recovering now) but mostly it's ...

I've got another short story collection out.  Your Good Health A collection of 24 short stories Do you want to be healthy? The character...

  Please share writing related news – successes and failures, details of free entry writing competitions, updates about the womags you submi...

Opportunities for writers From Fiona -  There are a few things on the BBC writers website that might be of interest for any blog readers w...

  Free entry writing competitions Here's a 'micro fiction' competition. You're allowed up to 1,500 characters to write a s...

You may have seen that many thousands of books have been stolen to train AI. Not just literary classics and best sellers, but loads of self ...

Free entry writing competitions Thanks to Suzan Lindsay for reminding me about the Scottish Book Trust flash fiction competitions. Each mon...

Here are a few things I learned from writing my Little Mallow cosy mystery series . I thought they might be of interest to authors contempla...

  Please share writing related news – successes and failures, details of free entry writing competitions, updates about the womags you submi...

On this blog I only share details of free to enter writing competitions (for several reasons, including the hope I won't be opening you ...

  Free entry competition news Thanks to Fiona for telling me about this poetry competition with a £100 prize. The Alpine fellowship have a...

I've had (more than) enough of winter and have decided it's spring! There are signs of it, if you look in the right places. Womag ne...

Please share writing related news – successes and failures, details of free entry writing competitions, updates about the womags you submit ...

Call for submission Thanks to Alyson for telling me about this c all for short stories on the theme of Magi. In theory this is a paying mar...

I use an Excel spreadsheet to log when I send a story and when I expect to hear and how much it costs me or how much I get paid if I win or ...