by Harriet Gausman | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog
Use it In Our Art: A Pep Talk for Midway It’s Midway Day. Half of November is gone, half lies ahead. What do you say? Write on, or write it off? Maybe we should quit while we’re ahead? Be practical? Because in Week 2 all our car’s trouble lights came on at once, our...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 1, 2015 | Blog
Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to follow your dream. We’ll be right beside you, prodding and poking and pushing you towards the finish line. First, if you haven’t already done so, sign up at the official NaNoWriMo site. This is important,...
by Harriet Gausman | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog
November is just around the corner and that can only mean one thing – that crazy literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where the sane lose their minds and attempt to pen a novel in 30 days. As always, we at Virtual Writers like to crack...
by Harriet Gausman | Aug 23, 2015 | Blog
It’s 1967 and the start of the Summer of love. Life will never be the same again for the young as they celebrate liberation and nonconformity, but also protest against prejudice, repression and war. In Brighton, Stephen Dearsley is tempted and intimidated by the way...
by Harriet Gausman | Jul 18, 2015 | Blog
Literary inspiration from Lizzie Gudkov and the virtual world This month we’ll visit the wonderful StoryBrooke Gardens, a small plot created by Lauren Bentham above Baja Norte’s beach. I must admit I’m not sure I’m the right person to write this month’s column. I have...
by Harriet Gausman | Jun 19, 2015 | Blog
Reflecting Jane is a story of one woman’s struggle to hold onto the past whilst living in the present. Telling the tale of her childhood, her life and her three, very different, husbands (Vash, Kenny and David) this is a touching tale – and poignantly...
