What is the collcetive noun for a group of writers? Online Quill Cafe lists about 100. Where they come from I don’t know but I delight in the appropriateness of them. When read together, they tell the story of a writer’s life. I like a syntax of writers best but I love others like an… Read More A scribble of writers
The Salisbury Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist was announced today. Story length for the competition was 500 words – quite a challenge if you are not, like me, used to writing much flash fiction. Pleased to say that I am one of the six named on the shortlist. The theme was ‘Rivers’ which was fortunate… Read More Fly fishing on the river Usk
Back to my home city of Birmingham for a short break to reacquaint myself with places I used to visit and to discover new ones. I stayed at Woodbrooke Quaker Conference Centre, Selly Oak, a favourite place with its good food, lovely people – day-to-day running by volunteer Friends, and of course, peace and quiet.… Read More City Break
‘What are you currently working on?’ – a regular question addressed to a writer. A writer must be prepared to answer the question, any time, any place. You must practise your ‘elevator pitch’ – starting with that snappy, eye-catching title which will look so good on the cover of your latest masterpeice as it stands… Read More What’s my title?
Even though I did not win the Hall & Woodhouse DLF (DorchesterLitFest) Writing Award, it was still worth the effort of travelling down to Dorset for the ceremony. The beautiful light and airy function room on the first floor of the Duchess of Cornwall Inn in Poundbury was full of supporters, judges and guests, eager… Read More A glass of fizz and a book prize
100 Stories: 2nd Sensory Book Out Now Chris Fielden’s Sensorially Challenged Volume 2 has been released this week. This is the 9th book published via his writing challenges. The book supports a marvellous organisation called The National Literacy Trust, an independent charity dedicated to giving disadvantaged children literacy skills. I am pleased to announce that my Sensorially… Read More A plethora of adjectives & adverbs
