by Harriet Gausman | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
Well, here we are at the halfway point of another NaNoWriMo. This is my third – and it’s as nerve wracking, exhilarating and annoying as the first. Currently, I am at 41,000 words: close enough to my goal to taste it. This is the time when the writer’s...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
Stop and Smell the Roses Stop and smell the roses?! But, but, but… That’s exactly the opposite of what everyone has been telling you to do, right? Pep-talks, articles, blog posts, all push you to write on and on. Some of you breeze through the daily quota quite easily...
by Harriet Gausman | Oct 30, 2016 | Blog
The 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries. The competition is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished, UK or non-UK based. The closing date for entries is midnight (BST) May 3rd 2017. The maximum word limit is 4,000, there is...
by Harriet Gausman | Oct 30, 2016 | Blog
The Manchester-based publisher Comma Press has asked us to share details of the second Creative Writing Graduate Fair at MMU (in partnership with The Writing School at MMU) that will take place on Friday 4th November 2016. If you’re looking for a unique...
by Harriet Gausman | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
Hark! What’s that we hear? Could it be the distant sound of pencil on paper? The tap, tap, tap of ideas dancing across keyboards? With November just around the corner, it can only mean one thing: that crazy literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month...
