"Flash-fictions are short, short stories, small but perfectly formed, packing a huge punch in a small number of words. On 16th May, all over the UK, events will be being held to celebrate these tiny gems." National Flash-Fiction Day Trowbridge, a town with a population of about 28,000 people, in West Wiltshire, doesn't have a cinema (yet… Continue reading Trowbridge, West Wiltshire, is on the map for National Flash-Fiction Day on May 16th, 2012
Month: April 2012
In memory of Marmalade, a rescued street cat with attitude, who inspired a tiny story
My brother and I lived with an older sister when we were young. One day my teenage brother carried home a battered cardboard box from an East London building site he was working on as an apprentice. Inside was a scrawny kitten with matted, marmalade-coloured fur. Someone had brought the kitten to the site. If… Continue reading In memory of Marmalade, a rescued street cat with attitude, who inspired a tiny story
My thoughts on being a finalist in The Bridport Prize 2010
Reading Teresa Stenson's recent blog post on The Bridport Prize has come as a timely reminder to polish my own entry for this year's Bridport, and it also reminded me of 2010 when my poem, 'Honeymoon', was a runner-up in the Poetry Category. At the awards ceremony in the Bridport Arts Centre, one of the topics… Continue reading My thoughts on being a finalist in The Bridport Prize 2010
Thanks to Flash-Fiction South West for publishing my story ‘Reward Chart’.
I'm in the middle of planning another writing workshop for Trowbridge Museum at the moment, 'Writing Flash-Fiction', so it was a lovely surprise to have a piece of flash fiction accepted by Flash-Fiction South West! You can read my story 'Reward Chart' here: http://flashfictionsw.co.uk/2012/04/16/reward-chart/
Why bother with Creative Writing workshops and courses?
Anyone who's attended a Creative Writing class or workshop, or who has studied Creative Writing at any level, will have been asked the following question at least once: "Can you teach/be taught Creative Writing?" Here's what I say in response: It isn't so much about teaching as about being immersed in a writing community for… Continue reading Why bother with Creative Writing workshops and courses?
Josephine Corcoran 
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