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 The competition is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished, UK or non-UK based.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...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog
Here we are in the closing hours of another NaNoWriMo. This is my second: I didn’t participate in last year’s, but I did make the one before. I still value that certificate, as simple as it is. A month of carpal tunnel, caffeine overdoses and disgusted looks from...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland You’ve made it this far! I bet you’re happy! You are also exhausted, perhaps even a bit cranky. The end of week 3 crept up on you. Deprived of...
