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  • Triangle Sandwiches and Cups of Tea – Writers’ Networking Day

    Triangle Sandwiches and Cups of Tea – Writers’ Networking Day

    This week I attended a Networking Day organised by Cyprus Well, the Literature Development Agency for the South West of England.  My thanks to David Woolley and Kate Wilson for arranging this day for writers wanting to expand their experience of working in community settings. Four writers, Phil Bowen, Ann Gray,  Clive Hopwood and Cliff… Read more

  • Poem or Flash Fiction? You decide!

    Poem or Flash Fiction? You decide!

    I’m pleased to have another small story, ‘Snowdrops’, on Paragraph Planet today.  Paragraph Planet publishes a daily story; no line breaks are allowed, all writing is presented in one small paragraph and must be of exactly 75 words, including the title. However, when I started writing ‘Snowdrops, I wasn’t sure if it was a line… Read more

  • ‘A COMPLICATED WAY OF BEING IGNORED’ IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON

    ‘A COMPLICATED WAY OF BEING IGNORED’ IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON

    The anthology A Complicated Way of Being Ignored, edited by Michael Stewart and featuring poems by C J Allen, Sharon Black, Rosie Blagg, Nina Boyd, Geraldine Clarkson, Julia Deakin, Julie Mellor, Ian McEwen and other poets, including me, is available to buy at Amazon. The book was reviewed by Ian McMillan in the Yorkshire Post. Read more

  • Kissing Frankenstein and Other Stories now available at Amazon

    Kissing Frankenstein and Other Stories now available at Amazon

    Kissing Frankenstein and Other Stories, an anthology of 53 flash fictions edited by Rachel Carter, featuring writers from all over the South West of England (including me) is now available to buy at Amazon. Read more

  • Young Writers Publish Olympic Torch Relay Poems

    Young Writers Publish Olympic Torch Relay Poems

    Yesterday was my final two hour session with the group of Year 9 students from Clarendon College, Trowbridge who are writing poems to commemorate the visit of the Olympic Torch Relay to their school.  The hard slog was done by the young writers as they shaped their rough drafts and ideas into poems to be… Read more

  • Writing Poetry to Commemorate the Olympic Torch Relay

    Writing Poetry to Commemorate the Olympic Torch Relay

    This morning I worked with seven Year 9 students (aged 13 and 14) from The Clarendon College, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, who are writing poems to commemorate the visit of the Olympic Torch Relay to their school.  The poems will be included in the Wiltshire 2012 Festival of Celebration at Hudsons Field, Salisbury on 11th July and… Read more