A few years ago I entered a competition whose theme was time. It coincided with my decision to write in such a way as to provoke...

Love 'em. What a great bunch of people! They run competitions and post a lot of supportive stuff on Facebook. As well as paid for...

After an unpromising start to 2022 I’ve been busy busy busy. Early in January I felt a bit stagnant about my WiP novel. I’d given myself...

Aren't they? There are two types - the ones you ask for and the ones you don't. The former are usually given by family who know that you...

After losing use of my laptop for about three weeks I have been questioning my writing process. Before home computers I lacked the...

this poem was written after my father's ashes were buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol. This Victorian cemetery is being restored...

Today I went to the cemetery to put some flowers on my parent's grave. I dawdled on the five-minute walk home, chosing narrow pathways...

It's Thursday evening. It's raining and cold. Today I went for a walk - the first time since Sunday. Monday, I work. Tuesday, work....

I am writing from my home. If I felt my life was as difficult as everyone else's, I would write war correspondence, detailing the traumas...

What do we think of flash fiction? I found a competition recently that required a story in a single sentence but that's too short for...

I was introduced (by www.livecanon.co.uk) to an interview between Magnus Magnusson and the late poet Norman MacCaig. You can access it...

It's about making our second draft better than our first. And our third draft even better than that. This website is for some of us who...