Archive -- Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd Oct 2018 Join us at Morgen’s Free Monday Creative Writing Q&A Mentorship live chat Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd Oct 2018 The Stranger Game by Peter Gadol @HarlequinBooks #bookreview Rosie’s #Bookreview of fun #mystery The House Always Wins by Tom Minder Why readers are so important Christmas at The Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green @Rosie_Green1988 @rararesources #bookreview The Atomic Clock Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th Oct 2018 A Short Analysis of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Looking-Glass River’ Unbroken Threads by Jennifer Klepper @jenklepper #bookreview Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th Oct 2018 Six pm Short Story review no.3 – The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th Oct 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES BACK AUTHOR JANE RISDON TO CHAT ABOUT HER WRITING JOURNEY, THE SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WITH CHRISTINA JONES AND WHAT’S NEXT ON HER WRITING AGENDA… It’s Tuesday 16th October and publication day for A Little Christmas Charm by Kathryn Freeman… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th Oct 2018 BeaconLit Second Year 500-word comp Round 2 – September 2018 winners announced Six pm Short Story no.1 – Old Water by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Six pm Short Story review no.2 – The Rocking Chair by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Join us at Morgen’s Free Monday Creative Writing Q&A Mentorship live chat Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: September 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th Oct 2018 Reading a Story a Day… join me! Autumn Antics by Georgina Troy @GeorginaTroy @rararesources #bookreview #giveaway The Girl Next Door The Wife’s Secret by Kerry Wilkinson @kerrywk @bookouture #bookreview Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th Oct 2018 Who Cares If They Die by Wendy Dranfield @rararesources @WendyDranfield #bookreview@ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th Oct 2018 Our Little Lies by Sue Watson @suewatsonwriter @bookouture #bookreview #pubday Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th Oct 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th Oct 2018 Something Wicked by Kerry Wilkinson @kerrywk @bookouture #bookreview Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT Relationship novel The Men by @fannycalder #TuesdayBookBlog Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th Oct 2018 Five Little Ducks The Party by Lisa Hall @LisaHallAuthor @HQStories #bookreview The Gift: Crime and Spookiness all in one story coming soon Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th Oct 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th Oct 2018 Literary Film Review: The Running Man Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd Oct 2018 Silences Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd Oct 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st Oct 2018 FOXDEN ACRES by Madalyn Morgan #WW2 #HistFic #FamilySaga #Bookreview @actscribblerdj THE 9:45 To BLETCHLEY by Madalyn Morgan @ActScribblerDJ #Historical #Romance #SundayBlogShare APPLAUSE by Madalyn Morgan @ActScribblerDJ #WW2 #HistFic Dudley Sisters series book #2 CHINA BLUE by Madalyn Morgan @ActScribblerDJ #Book #3 Dudley Sisters #WW2 Dramas Rosie’s #Bookreview of Chasing Ghosts by Madalyn Morgan Silver-faced summer ends Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th Sept 2018 Hereford Cathedral Library Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th Sept 2018 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #crimefiction Dead On Leave by @ChrisNickson2 #TuesdayBookBlog Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th Sept 2018 Recognition on Forty-Seventh Street Karen’s book review of Her Last Breath Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th Sept 2018 CHOC LIT RUBY FICTION: IT’S PUBLICTION DAY FOR WHO CARES IF THEY DIE by WENDY DRANFIELD Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th Sept 2018 Death cry of a small thing Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT dark psychological #crimefiction Finding Max by @authordarren Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT Cosy #Mystery Finders, Not Keepers by @dehaggerty #SundayBlogshare Writing a Psychological Thriller Rosie’s #Bookreview Of #HistFic #SciFi The Alien Diaries by Glenn Devlin Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st Sept 2018 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #thriller Lily White In Detroit by @CynthiaHarriso1 #TuesdayBookBlog Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th Sept 2018 The BIG editing lesson I learned writing The Surrogate #WritingTips Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #womensfiction Gold Plated by @Campbama Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th Sept 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th Sept 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES WRITER JAN ELLIS CHATTING ABOUT HER WRITING, WHAT MAKES A GOOD HERO AND DESERT ISLAND MUST HAVES… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th Sept 2018 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #Histfic #shortstories Long Shadows by @ThorneMoore BeaconLit Second Year 500-word comp Round 1 – August 2018 winners announced Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: August 2018 #Histfic Rosie’s #Bookreview of Gentleman Of Misfortune by Sarah Angleton Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th Sept 2018 This week Tuesday Talk chats to Sue McDonagh, about Art, Writing and her choice of Dinner Guests… It’s publication day for Choc Lit author Kirsty Ferry’s Watch for me by Twilight (Hartsford Mysteries)…. Gentle #SciFi Rosie’s #Bookreview of The Afterlife Of Alice Watkins by Matilda Scotney Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th Sept 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th Sept 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th Sept 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES WRITER SONJA PRICE, CHATTING ABOUT WRITING TECHNIQUES, INSPIRATION AND CELEBRITY DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th Sept 2018 #Romcom The Not So Perfect Plan To Save Friendship House by Lilly Bartlett @MicheleGormanUK Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT Gothic #Romance The Matrimonial Advertisement by @MimiMatthewsEsq Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th Sept 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th Sept 2018 The World of #Espionage Rosie’s #Bookreview of Transcription by Kate Atkinson @TransworldBooks Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th Sept 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th Sept 2018 Loose Muse – monthly poetry events at London and Winchester Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd Sept 2018 Morgen’s Free 100-word competitions is now open for September! Rosie’s #Bookreview Of Noir #Fiction Moristoun by Kevin McAllion @Moristoun set in #Scotland Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th Aug 2018 Tuesday Talk catches up with Rachel Brimble about writing, bucket lists and favourite authors… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th Aug 2018 My #Bookreview of #Histfic Brethren by @RobynYoung36 A Knights Templar tale Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #mystery Twisted Truth (Peter Hatherall Mystery) by @DianaJFebry Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th Aug 2018 Annual Essay Competition Season Ten Monthly Round-Up Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd Aug 2018 Guest Post by Fiona Perrin ~ @fionaperrin @Aria_Fiction Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd Aug 2018 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #shortstory The Baby On Tha Back Porch by Lucia N Davis Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th Aug 2018 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #anthology SHOAL by Thanet Writer’s Group Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th Aug 2018 The Affair by Sheryl Browne @bookouture @SherylBrowne Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th Aug 2018 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd Aug 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st Aug 2018 …a tale of two pussies, and a favourite Authoress, Jane Wenham-Jones… Morgen’s free 100-word competition is now open for August! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th July 2018 Tuesday Talk catches up with writer John Jackson and chats about writing, desert island ‘must haves’ and…hedgehogs. Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th July 2018 TUESDAY TALK CHATS TO BLOGGER ANNE WILLIAMS ABOUT REVIEWING, HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS AND CELEBRITY DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th July 2018 The First BeaconLit’s Flash Fiction competition results Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th July 2018 Blog Blitz – ‘The Serial Dater’s Shopping List’ by Morgen Bailey @bombshellpub @morgenwriteruk The Serial Daters Shopping List by Morgen Bailey @morgenwriteruk @bombshellpub @lovedreadinthis #TheSerialDatersShoppingList #MorgenBailey #BlogBlitz #BookReview The Serial Dater’s Shopping List by Morgen Bailey @morgenwriteruk @BloodhoundBook #BlogTour #NetGalley #KindleUnlimited #LiteraryHumour The Serial Dater’s first reviews Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th July 2018 #BlogBlitz #Review The Serial Dater’s Shopping List @morgenwriteruk @bombshellpub The Serial Dater’s Shopping List by Morgen Bailey @bombshellpub @morgenwriteruk Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd July 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd July 2018 July’s 100-word FREE competition is open… ‘a horror story’ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th June 2018 #familysaga #womensfiction #adoption Connectedness by @SandraDanby #TuesdayBookBlog Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th June 2018 LOVE BOOKS GROUP BOOK TOUR: THE GIRL IN THE CASTLE by LIZZIE LAMB 25TH JUNE 2108 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #WW2 #thriller The Black Orchestra by JJ Toner Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st June 2018 Latest News: The Serial Dater is available on NetGalley Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th June 2018 The First BeaconLit 500-word Competition Longlist BeaconLit 500-word comp (final) Round 11 – May 2018 winners announced Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th June 2018 TODAY TUESDAY TALK CHATS TO WRITER SUSAN LODGE ABOUT HER WRITING JOURNEY, HEROINES AND BUCKET LIST DESTINATIONS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th June 2018 #NewRelease Medieval #Histfic My #Bookreview of The Greenest Branch by Patrycja Karolina @pk_adams Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: May 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th June 2018 Today Tuesday Talk welcomes historical author Fenella J Miller… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th June 2018 The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks #HistFic The Heart Of The Conqueror by G. Lawrence @TudorTweep #SundayBlogShare Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th June 2018 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #Nepal #memoir Four Seasons in Nepal by Nicola McGunnigle Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th June 2018 Tuesday Talk is back from it’s May holiday and to kick off June I’m really pleased to welcome fellow author Kathryn Hall… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th June 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st June 2018 The BeaconLit 500-word 2017-2018 season is closed! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 31: The Story of You, Superstar Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 30: Change your Point of View SADM 2018 – Day 29: The Story You’ve Been Waiting To Write Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th May 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 28: Use These Words SADM 2018 – Day 27: Start at the End SADM 2018 – Day 26: The Sale Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 25: The Moral Dimension Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 24: Disappearing Act Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 23: New Broadcast Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 22: A Rude Awakening Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 21: News flash SADM 2018 – Day 20: I’m Gonna Sit Right Down SADM 2018 – Day 19: Direct to Camera Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 18: It’s A Bit One Sided Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 17: Write a Sonnet Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 16: We Need to Talk Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th May 2018 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: April 2018 BeaconLit 500-word comp Round 10 – April 2018 – winners announced SADM 2018 – Day 15: The List Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 14: M.I.C.E. and Where Stories Start & Stop Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT art #thriller Restitution by @RoseEdmunds SADM 2018 – Day 13: Start With A Bang SADM 2018 – Day 12: You May Be A Swan Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 11: Cinderella Story Structure Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 10: Let’s Make These Stories Flash Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 9: Characters are Key Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 8: All about Conflict Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 7: Playing with Character BOOK PROMOTION: IT’S E-BOOK PUBLICATION DAY FOR THE TRUTH LIES BURIED by MORTON S GRAY, BOOK TWO IN THE BORTEEN SECRETS SERIES… SADM 2018 – Day 6: Steal from Yourself SADM 2018 – Day 5: Steal from the Best Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 4: Tell A Story In 40 Minutes Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 3: Write a Drabble Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd May 2018 SADM 2018 – Day 2: Quick Story Formula Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st May 2018 Story a Day May 2018 – Day 1: Seen from the Outside Tuesday Talk welcomes author Caroline James talking about the inspiration behind The Best Boomerville Hotel and introduces us to some rather special foodie guests at her dinner table… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th April 2018 Author Interview: Morton S. Gray – Author of the Borteen Secrets Series for Choc Lit Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th April 2018 THE PURRFECT PET SITTER by CAROL THOMAS – REVIEW Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th April 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES JESSIE CAHALIN, CHATTING ABOUT BLOGGING, WRITING AND DREAM HOLIDAYS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th April 2018 Rory is here! New book alert! @BooksManatee Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th April 2018 Digital-first vs paperback publishing Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th April 2018 Tuesday Talk welcomes Psychological Suspense Author Keri Beevis talking about writing influences and desert island ‘must haves’ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th April 2018 Morgen’s Monday Mentorship (free!) starts tonight… BeaconLit 500-word comp Round 9 – Mar 2018 – winners announced Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: March 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th April 2018 Morgen’s Email Critique Group Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th April 2018 TODAY TUESDAY TALK CATCHES UP WITH AUTHOR LINN B HALTON… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th April 2018 Blog Tour: She’s Bad News by Elle Spellman @rararesources Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th April 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th April 2018 Blog Tour: 88 North by J.F. Kirwan @rararesources @HQDigital @kirwanjf Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th April 2018 IT’S PAPERBACK PUBLICATION DAY FOR KIRSTY FERRY’S THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd April 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES AUTHOR ROS RENDLE, TALKING ABOUT FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND WHAT INFLUENCES HER CHOICE OF CHARACTER NAMES… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd April 2018 Latest News… (scroll down for new content) Morgen signs with Bombshell Books! My ‘5pm Fictions Collection’ (250 stories) is free today… for the last time! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th March 2018 Never Rest by Jon Richter #BlogBlitz @Bloodhoundbook @richterwrites Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th March 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th March 2018 Blog tour: Hiding by Jenny Morton Potts @Rachel’sRandomReads Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th March 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES AUTHOR CATHERINE KULLMANN CHATTING ABOUT HER LOVE OF THE REGENCY PERIOD, HEROES AND SOME INTERESTING DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th March 2018 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD by SUE SHEPHERD – BLOG TOUR 26 MARCH – 2 APRIL 2018 Blog Tour: No Comment by Graham Smith @rararesources @GrahamSmith1972 This Blog’s Highlights Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd March 2018 #BLOG TOUR -END GAME by MATT JOHNSON Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd March 2018 Blog Tour: The Invisible Hand by James Hartley @rararesources @jameshartleybooks Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st March 2018 Thoughts on Life After Nine to Five… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th March 2018 TUESDAY TALK CATCHES UP WITH AUTHOR AND EDITOR FIONA HOGAN, CHATTING ABOUT HER WRITING JOURNEY AND SOME INTERESTING DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th March 2018 NEW: Morgen’s Monday Mentorship! The Belch Park Field Trip Blog Tour @rararesources @Andrew_CVB Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th March 2018 THE BEST BOOMERVILLE HOTEL by CAROLINE JAMES LAUNCHES CHOC LITS NEW RUBY FICTION IMPRINT… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th March 2018 BeaconLit 500-word comp Round 8 – February 2018 – winners announced Book Review – The Children of Time Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th March 2018 Are e-books stupid? Should e-books be classed as ‘real books’? Director of @BloodHoundBook @BetsyReavley is in the hot seat with #TWG Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th March 2018 TUESDAY DAY WELCOMES AUTHOR AND EDITOR MIRIAM DRORI CHATTING ABOUT HER WORK AND DESERT ISLAND MUST HAVES… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th March 2018 AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Skydiving Instructor ANDY GUEST who has just published his autobiography TYPE T. Cover Reveal! Amy Cole has Lost Her Mind by Elizabeth McGivern @rararesources THIS WEEK TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES MELISSA KIRK AS SHE DROPS IN TO CHAT ABOUT HER SERVICES TO CREATIVES AND AN INTERESTING CHOICE OF DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th March 2018 THE BABYSITTER – SHERYL BROWNE’S DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FOR BOOKOUTURE… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th March 2018 Book review – for readers and writers – no.173: Morgen Bailey reviews Holmes: The Darlington Substitution by Melvyn Small Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th March 2018 Coming tomorrow… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th March 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th March 2018 My Top Ten Tweets for #writers Book Blog Tour: 37 Hours by JF Kirwan @rarareads @kirwanjf Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd March 2018 #BlogBlitz #Review of Cut the Threads by Robin Roughley @RobRoughley @bloodhoundbook Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st March 2018 AT THE END OF SUMMER COVER REVEAL by JUNE MOONBRIDGE THURSDAY 1ST MARCH 2018 Morgen’s March’s free 100-word competition is now open! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th February 2018 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES RACHEL BRIMBLE CHATTING ABOUT FAVOURITE AUTHORS, IDEAL HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS AND HER NEW WRITING PROJECT… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th February 2018 Blog Tour: Prosecco and Promises by A.L. Michael @Canelo @AlMichael Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th February 2018 Sharing the love (pt2) Sharing the love (pt1) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th February 2018 Morgen reading her ‘Waiting for the Number 12’ Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th February 2018 IT’S PUBLICATION DAY FOR CHOC LIT AUTHOR JANE LOVERING’S LATEST NOVEL LIVING IN THE PAST… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th February 2018 Valentine’s Day talk! TODAY TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES SUZAN COLLINS DISCUSSING THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE CHATTY CAT SERIES AND HER LATEST WRITING PROJECT… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th February 2018 BeaconLit 500-word comp Round 7 – January 2018 – winners announced Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th February 2018 Seeking marketing guru / writer Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th February 2018 THIS WEEK TUESDAY TALK IS CHATTING TO AUTHOR VAL PENNY ABOUT WRITING, HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS AND HER DEBUT NOVEL, HUNTER’S CHASE… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th February 2018 Blog Tour review: 66 Metres by J.F. Kirwan @rararesources @kirwanjf Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st February 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th January 2018 #IWSG – Therapy and Writing Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd January 2018 THIS WEEK TUESDAY TALK CATCHES UP WITH AUTHOR ANNE ALLEN AND WE CHAT ABOUT HER WRITING CAREER, FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND THE LATEST NOVEL IN HER GUERNSEY SERIES -THE INHERITANCE… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd January 2018 #BlogTour #Review – The Long Walk Back – Rachel Dove @WriterDove @HQDigitalUK @brookcottagebks Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th January 2018 Cover Reveal – The Best Boomerville Hotel by Caroline James @RubyFiction Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th January 2018 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: December 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th January 2018 Tuesday Talk chats to author Katey Lovell about her writing journey, favourite authors and desert island ‘must haves’ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th January 2018 A Chat With… Author Rachel Dove Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th January 2018 TUESDAY TALK KICKS OFF 2018 WITH A CHAT TO AUTHOR KATHRYN FREEMAN ABOUT HER WRITING JOURNEY, DREAM HOLIDAY ESCAPES AND AN INTERESTING TABLE OF DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th January 2018 Author’s chats with Rachel Dove Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th January 2018 In which it is publication day and I have a whole new name Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd January 2018 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd January 2018 10 of the Best Poems about Dogs Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st January 2018 My Ten (actually 12) Favourite Books of 2017… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th December 2017 Today Tuesday Talk chats to author Heidi -Jo Swain about her writing journey, tips for newbie authors and whether she’s a beach or city girl… Book Review: My Girlfriend’s Perfect ex-Boyfriend by Peter Jones Writing: Are You Generous or Miserly? Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th December 2017 It’s publication day for Jane Lark’s new novel The Nevada Escapists’ Club and I’ve managed to catch her for a chat… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th December 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th December 2017 Reads of 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th December 2017 FREE is killing indie. (An urgent warning) Book Review – The Wrath of the Revenant Blog Tour: The Secrets You Keep by Kate White A 100-word competition ‘heads up’ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd December 2017 Blog tour: Wide Awake Asleep by Louise Wise 20 Books from 2017 I’ll Never Forget Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st December 2017 Inside the Writer’s Mind #401 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th December 2017 Best Crime Fiction in English 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th December 2017 You’re Next by Michael Fowler @CarolineBookBit @caffeinenights #blogtour Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th December 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th December 2017 Update: Some highs, some lows Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th December 2017 Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT A LITTLE SUGAR, A LOT OF LOVE by @LinnBHalton @ChocLituk Book Review – Mostly Void, Partially Stars Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th December 2017 2017 – Some of my favourite Authors whose books I read this year! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th December 2017 TUESDAY TALK CATCHES UP WITH AUTHOR LYNDA STACEY FOR A CHAT AND TO SHOWCASE HER NEW FESTIVE NOVEL HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS SECRETS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th December 2017 BLOG BLITZ FOR THE LIVERPOOL GIRLS – THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN PAM HOWES’ MERSEY TRILOGY 1ST DECEMBER, 2017 What I learned in five years of blogging Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th December 2017 500-word comp Round 5 – November 2017 – winners announced Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th December 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: November 2017 Interview with Lynda Stacey – Choc Lit author of The House of Christmas Secrets Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th December 2017 Why Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight ruined the DCU Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th December 2017 Tuesday Talk welcomes author Silvia Forrester chatting about her writing influences, current project and favourite holiday destinations… The Person I Became (or what I’ve really learned since being published) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th December 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st December 2017 NaNoWriMo winner… just! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th November 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th November 2017 THE SERIAL DATER’S SHOPPING LIST BY MORGEN BAILEY – BOOK REVIEW Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th November 2017 With the publication of The Liverpool Girls almost here, I’m chatting to author Pam Howes about inspiration, favourite bands and what she’s planning next… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th November 2017 Four Witches in Oz Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th November 2017 David Videcette: My Guest – former Counter Terrorist Detective turned Author: ‘I can’t tell you the truth, but I can tell you a story…’™ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd November 2017 The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman Guest review by @Abigail_author Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd November 2017 Self Publishing Part 8: The Wisdom of Fonts – 10 book typefaces that can’t go wrong Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st November 2017 Blog Tour – Lay Me to Rest by E.A. Clark Rachel’s Random Reads Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th November 2017 The Little Church by the Sea by Liz Taylorson @BooksManatee @taylorson_liz Little Did He Know Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th November 2017 Welsh Wednesdays: Introducing the authors and readers of the Llandeilo Christmas Book Fair: Jacqueline Jeynes and “Walking Wales: The Art Lovers Guide to the Wye Valley Way” Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th November 2017 The Secret Life of Alfred Nightingale by Rebecca Stonehill book review Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th November 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th November 2017 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES WRITER JUNE MOONBRIDGE, CHATTING ABOUT HER CURRENT WRITING PROJECTS, FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND CHOOSING SOME INTERESTING DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th November 2017 Endings Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th November 2017 In which I offer a shout out to a Girl in Trouble Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th November 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: October 2017 THE CTG CRIME THRILLER CLUB NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY: FEARLESS FEMALES BOOKS & GOODIES Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th November 2017 A Suggestion of Bones Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th November 2017 It’s Not Always Possible to Be Happy, and that’s OK Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th November 2017 Writing Competitions and you… success? near miss? the judge? Let me know! HITMAN SAM BY MORGEN BAILEY – BOOK REVIEW The Benefits of Creative Writing by Patrick Greene Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd November 2017 REVIEW PILE Are you doing NaNoWriMo? Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd November 2017 500-word comp Round 4 – Oct 2017 – winners announced Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st November 2017 London Noir by Ann Girdharry Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st October 2017 TODAY TUESDAY TALK IS IN POLDARK COUNTRY TODAY TALKING TO AUTHOR ADRIAN MARTIN ABOUT HIS LIFE, WRITING AND DESERT ISLAND MUST HAVES… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th October 2017 The Zahir – Review The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared – Review Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th October 2017 Bitches in literature by Jane Owen Author of The Bitches of Suburbia Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th October 2017 TUESDAY TALK welcomes historical author Ros Rendle who gives an interesting insight into her research and chooses some thought provoking dinner guests Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd October 2017 Book review – for readers and writers – no.173: Morgen reviews Rocco and the Nightingale by Adrian Magson Guest post: A Change of Setting by Adrian Magson Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th October 2017 TUESDAY TALK SWITCHES TO THURSDAY AND CATCHES UP WITH BLOGGER RACHEL GILBEY Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th October 2017 Book Review: Ours is the Winter by Laurie Ellingham Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th October 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: September 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th October 2017 Something Said Can Make A Difference Years Later Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th October 2017 SNOW SISTERS by CAROL LOVEKIN: BOOK TOUR 21 SEPTEMBER – 12 OCTOBER, 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th October 2017 Writing books and raising children Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd October 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd October 2017 Thinking Aloud on a Sunday Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th September 2017 Tolkien Thursdays: Game of Thrones vs. Lord of the Rings Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th September 2017 HAVE I GOT A CONTEST FOR YOU Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th September 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th September 2017 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES NICKY WELLS AS SHE TALKS ABOUT HER SWITCH FROM WRITING ROMANCE TO THRILLERS AND HER ULTIMATE – AND RATHER CHILLY -HOLIDAY DESTINATION Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th September 2017 The Darkness Within by Lisa Stone (Cathy Glass) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd September 2017 Tolkien Thursdays: 80 years of The Hobbit Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st September 2017 A WRITER’S JOURNEY BOOK PROMOTION: ONLY ONE WOMAN by CHRISTINA JONES AND JANE RISDON… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th September 2017 TUESDAY TALK WELCOMES KATHRYN HALL AS SHE TALKS ABOUT FAVOURITE AUTHORS, DESERT ISLAND MUST HAVES AND WHAT’S NEXT ON HER WRITING AGENDA… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th September 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th September 2017 Here is my interview with Jane Risdon Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th September 2017 Karel Capek’s Apocryphal Stories Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th September 2017 10 of the Best Poems about Friendship Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th September 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th September 2017 TUESDAY TALK CHATS TO AUTHOR SARA GETHIN ABOUT HER WRITING JOURNEY AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND HER NOVEL ‘NOT THOMAS’, Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th September 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th September 2017 500-word comp Round 2 – August 2017 – winners announced Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: Aug 2017 TMM: Write to write Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th September 2017 Stage 32’s Screenwriting Contest Deadline Approaches Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th September 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th September 2017 TODAY TUESDAY TALK CATCHES UP WITH AUTHOR ALI BACON AS SHE CHATS ABOUT HER LATEST WRITING PROJECT AND CHOOSES SOME SPECIAL DINNER GUESTS… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th September 2017 BeaconFlash round 3 now open September’s free 100-word competition now open Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st September 2017 George du Maurier’s Trilby: A Victorian Phenomenon Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th August 2017 A Little Night Reading Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th August 2017 Microfiction: Unquiet grave Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th August 2017 Bradford Literature Festival – Secrets of Crime Writing – 8 July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd August 2017 A Short Analysis of Walt Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd August 2017 Blog Tour: You Are Loved by Jo Platt Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st August 2017 Blog Tour, Stage 6 Blog Tour: I Know Where She Is by S. B Caves Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th August 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: July 2017 500-word comp Round 1 – July 2017 – winners announced Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th August 2017 Lois Austen-Leigh’s Incredible Crime Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th August 2017 What light? Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th August 2017 Perfect break Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th August 2017 How to Help an Author … Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th August 2017 Introducing Rachel Dove and Fifty Shades Darker Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd August 2017 10 of the Best Poems about Food Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd August 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st August 2017 Today Tuesday Talk catches up with author Claire Douglas to chat about her journey to publication, dream holiday and her next writing project… BeaconFlash round 2 now open and round 1 results announced! August’s free 100-word competition now open Calling Northants writers aged 8-12… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st July 2017 PAM HOWES BOOK TOUR 26 – 31 JULY 2017 FOR THE FORGOTTEN FAMILY OF LIVERPOOL Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th July 2017 THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th July 2017 Tuesday Talk is back and catching up with author Anna Mansell as she discusses dinner guests and what’s next on her writing agenda… I can feel a challenge coming on… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th July 2017 Accent On … Karen King … 10 of the Best Poems about Fruit Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th July 2017 BOOK PROMOTION: TRESPASSING THROUGH LIFE by KAT GABRIEL Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th July 2017 Flash Fiction Friday: Morgen’s Life in the Old Dog Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th July 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th July 2017 Sunlight and shadow Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th July 2017 Microfiction #Twittering Tales: Dainty versus hefty Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd July 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: June 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th June 2017 June’s free 100-word competition closes today! A #WRITING CONFERENCE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS! #RRBC Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th June 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th June 2017 Where do you get your ideas from? Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th June 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th June 2017 Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 301: The Limping Gods (Seven year anniversary special part 2) Fortnight Friday Fables #1: 06/23/2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd June 2017 Real Book Thieves: Most Commonly Stolen Books Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd June 2017 150 Canadian Authors to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st June 2017 Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 300: The Unbound Box Part 5 (Seven year anniversary special part 1) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th June 2017 Tuesday Talk welcomes author Richard Gould, chatting about the inspiration behind his books his choice of some interesting dinner guests… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th June 2017 Proud to be one of Northamptonshire’s authors Catharsis for the Reader (Step 4) Catharsis for the Reader (Step 3) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th June 2017 Hot on the heels of the publication of her second novel Tell Me No Secrets, I’m catching up with author Lynda Stacey for a chat… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th June 2017 10 of the Best Children’s Novels Everyone Should Read Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th June 2017 Reblogging & Tweeting Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th June 2017 Tuesday Talk welcomes writer Ian Wilfred chatting about his writing journey and favourite holiday escapes… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th June 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th June 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: May 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th June 2017 10 of the Best Sherlock Holmes Stories Everyone Should Read Today’s poetry and story exercises: 7th June 2017 Guest post: Flash Memoir: Writing Prompts to Get You Flashing by Jane Hertenstein Today’s poetry and story exercises: 6th June 2017 Tuesday Talk is back after its May break and today I’m chatting to Kelly Lacey, the face behind the Love Books Group blog… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th June 2017 Today I’m hosting author Lizzie Lamb as she chats about the places that help bring her novels to life… How valued Readers can become valued Reviewers!! Making Hay with Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry and Chris Riddell! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd June 2017 Today I’m delighted to welcome author Madalyn Morgan to talk about her latest book Foxden Hotel, the fifth in the Dudley Sisters saga, due to be published on 10th June… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st June 2017 June’s free 100-word competition is now…. open! Today’s poetry and story exercises: 31st May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 31: Write About a Writer Today’s poetry and story exercises: 30th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 30: Hansel & Gretel Today’s poetry and story exercises: 29th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 29: Ugly Duckling Story A Day May 2017 – Day 28: A Cinderella Story Story A Day May 2017 – Day 27: Non-traditional Love Story Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th May 2017 Flash Fiction Friday 191: 6-word stories batch 44 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 26: Letters Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 25: Prose Sonnet A Shout Out for author Daisy James – Cover Reveal for her latest book Sunshine After the Rain now available for pre-order Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th May 2017 New from Choc Lit: WHERE RAINBOWS END by AnneMarie Brear – promo and review 24th May, 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 24: Hidden Message Today’s poetry and story exercises: 23rd May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 23: The List Today’s poetry and story exercises: 22nd May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 22: Sumptuous Settings Story A Day May 2017 – Day 21: Societal World Building Story A Day May 2017 – Day 20: Concrete World Building Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 19: Secondary Meeting Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 18: A Refusal Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 17: The Protagonist’s Journey Today’s poetry and story exercises: 16th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 16: Turning Point Today’s poetry and story exercises: 15th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 15: Second Look A plea re. the 100-word competition Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: April 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 14: Nightmare Story A Day May 2017 – Day 13: Misapprehension Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th May 2017 SADM 2017 – Day 12 (and 100-word comp results note) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 11: A Mysterious Situation Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 10: Chance Encounter Today’s poetry and story exercises: 9th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 9: An Unlikely Meeting Today’s poetry and story exercises: 8th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 8: The Secret Story A Day May 2017 – Day 7: Self reflection Another book (my 14th!) is born…. my Editing Guide Story A Day May 2017 – Day 6: Getting Emotional Today’s poetry and story exercises: 5th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 5: A Friendly Warning Today’s poetry and story exercises: 4th May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 4: Writer’s Club Today’s poetry and story exercises: 3rd May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 3: The Dollmaker SPOTLIGHT ON KRISTIN ANDERSON AND HER NOVEL WHAT WE SAID IN VENICE… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 2nd May 2017 Story A Day May 2017 – Day 2: The Latchkey Kid Tuesday Talk welcomes author Amanda James to talk about her latest book Behind the Lie, celebrity dinner guests and what’s next on her writing agenda… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 1st May 2017 Anyone else doing Story a Day May? It’s publication day for Ellie Darkins’ new Harlequin Romance novel Falling for the Rebel Princess… May’s 100-word FREE competition is open… ‘a comic story’ So excited to be going to #ChipLitFest (then my writing!) Today’s poetry and story exercises: 28th April 2017 It’s publication day for Girl in Red Velvet by Margaret James… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 27th April 2017 To free eBook or not to free eBook? Today’s poetry and story exercises: 26th April 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 25th April 2017 Tuesday Talk catches up with lawyer-turned-novelist Caroline England whose debut novel Beneath the Skin will be published this October… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 24th April 2017 J is for jester – #AtoZChallenge Today’s poetry and story exercises: 21st April 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 20th April 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 19th April 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 18th April 2017 Today Tuesday Talk catches up with writer Emma Hornby, whose second Victorian saga Manchester Moll is due to be published on 4th May… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 17th April 2017 It’s 17th April and publication day for Natalie Fergie’s debut novel The Sewing Machine Today’s poetry and story exercises: 14th April 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: March 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 13th April 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 12th April 2017 Today’s poetry and story exercises: 11th April 2017 Tuesday Talk welcomes author Sue Shepherd chatting about bucket lists, favourite songs and where she gets her inspiration from… Today’s poetry and story exercises: 10th April 2017 APRIL BLOG TOUR – # FAITHLESS by KJELL OLA DHAL (Orenda Books) 8th APRIL 2017 Book Blogger Spotlight – Being Anne Sunday Photo Fiction – Sibling Murder? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7th April 2017 Reblog your WP writing content (for free) Soon apples Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6th April 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5th April 2017 NO FEE Submission call & editor interview – Lunch Ticket, DEADLINE: April 30, 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4th April 2017 Today Tuesday Talk is chatting to Natalie Fergie whose debut novel The Sewing Machine is due out on 17th April. Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3rd April 2017 A is for air letter – #AtoZChallenge Five Fascinating Facts about Vampire Fiction How do you tell the difference … Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31st March 2017 Flash Fiction Friday 190: 6-word stories batch 43 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30th March 2017 How Many Oprah Books Have You Read? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29th March 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28th March 2017 Tuesday Talk catches up with reviewer Kaisha Holloway as she talks about her love of books, favourite authors and some interesting dinner guests… Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27th March 2017 What I Bought TANKA 6: Mother Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24th March 2017 10 of the Best Poems about Mothers Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23rd March 2017 Colin Dexter – it was great to meet you too Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22nd March 2017 A Summary and Analysis of Saki’s ‘Gabriel-Ernest’ Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21st March 2017 Tuesday Talk welcomes Maxine Groves to chat about her busy life as a publicist and desert island ‘must haves’… Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20th March 2017 Poetry Writing Lessons for Children #guestpost by Robert Lynch Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17th March 2017 Wednesday’s Child placed second in the annual NWG members comp Changes Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16th March 2017 Tuesday Talk chats to writer Gilli Allan about her writing pathway, celebrity diners and what she’s currently working on… 10 Classic Poems about Evening Everyone Should Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15th March 2017 10 of the Best Morning Poems Everyone Should Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14th March 2017 10 of the Best Very Short Poems about Death Holding Your Nerve! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13th March 2017 Free editing of your writing Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10th March 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: February 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9th March 2017 Five Fascinating Facts about Dystopian Fiction Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8th March 2017 The Best Dystopian Novels Written Before Orwell’s 1984 Five Fascinating Facts about Samuel Butler Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7th March 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6th March 2017 10 Classic Poems about Rain Everyone Should Read 10 Classic Summer Poems Everyone Should Read 10 of the Best Seamus Heaney Poems Everyone Should Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3rd March 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2nd March 2017 ‘Northants Authors’ is on YouTube! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1st March 2017 March’s 100-word FREE competition is open… Norman’s bunny! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28th Feb 2017 Hourglass Literary Magazine – Writing Contest Quadrille: Bathtime Catharsis for the Reader (Step 2) Catharsis for the Reader (Step 1) Writing Prompt: Gleeful Destruction Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24th Feb 2017 Flash Fiction Friday 188: 6-word stories batch no.42 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23rd Feb 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22nd Feb 2017 Dark Minds charity short story collection currently just 99p! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21st Feb 2017 New YouTube Series: Questions Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20th Feb 2017 15 Quick Writing Tips ! 31 Interesting Facts about Poetry and Poets 10 of the Best Wendy Cope Poems Everyone Should Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17th Feb 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16th Feb 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15th Feb 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14th Feb 2017 The Best Poems for Valentine’s Day Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13th Feb 2017 5 Easy Steps to Successfully Write, Publish and Promote Your Book! My Favorite Writing Resources List Book review – for readers and writers – no.172: Morgen Bailey reviews Silent as the Grave by Paul Gitsham Time management Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10th Feb 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: January 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9th Feb 2017 Good Things Happen to Those Who Hustle—Getting PAID to Write Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8th Feb 2017 Welsh Wednesdays Review: “Cawl” by Siôn Tomos Owen Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7th Feb 2017 Placed-Based Crime: Q & A with Susan M. 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Eliot’s Four Quartets A short story 10 Classic Victorian Fairy Tales Everyone Should Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27th Jan 2017 Flash Fiction Friday 186: 6-word stories batch 41 First Sentence Fridays week 6… free book promotion Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26th Jan 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25th Jan 2017 The Serial Dater’s Shopping List by Morgen Bailey book review Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24th Jan 2017 A YEAR OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS by @HelenaFairfax #Anthology #SundayBlogShare Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23rd Jan 2017 What is Poetry? The Damselfly by S.J.I. Holliday #BookReview #TBConFB FEAR—Is the Mind-Killer in Control of Your Life? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20th Jan 2017 Three Line Tales, Week Fifty-One Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19th Jan 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18th Jan 2017 Kill Your Darlings? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17th Jan 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16th Jan 2017 Post-weekend Poetry 139: My Old Clock I Wind by Kevin Morris 10 of the Best Short Literary Epitaphs First Sentence Fridays week 5… free book promotion Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13th Jan 2017 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: December 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12th Jan 2017 10 of the Best Ted Hughes Poems Everyone Should Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11th Jan 2017 10 Forgotten Books and Their Surprising Claims to Fame Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10th Jan 2017 Who Wrote the First Novel in English? And Other Surprising Literary Firsts Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9th Jan 2017 Putting a stop to Procrastination Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6th Jan 2017 NEW!!! ‘First Sentence Fridays’ week 4… free advertising for your book! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5th Jan 2017 What is Developmental Editing and Does Your Story Need it? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4th Jan 2017 Winchester & London poetry events – 9 & 11 Jan Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3rd Jan 2017 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2nd Jan 2017 Year Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30th Dec 2016 Flash Fiction Friday 185: December’s 6-word stories NEW!!! ‘First Sentence Fridays’ week 3… free advertising for your book! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29th Dec 2016 I will be Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28th Dec 2016 A Short Analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18: ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27th Dec 2016 Film recommendation Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26th Dec 2016 Writers: are you a planner or pantser? — The Characterful Writer Merry Christmas everyone Opportunities on this blog Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23rd Dec 2016 Flash Fiction Friday 184: The Height of the Storm by Stephen Lodge NEW!!! ‘First Sentence Fridays’ week 2… free advertising for your book! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22nd Dec 2016 One World, Many Angles: A Selection of Images from 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21st Dec 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20th Dec 2016 Rejection Letter for “Confessions of a Fanfiction Writer” Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19th Dec 2016 20 Interesting Facts about Drama and Theatre Why the Reader Put That Book Down Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16th Dec 2016 NEW!!! ‘First Sentence Fridays’ week 1… free advertising for your book! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15th Dec 2016 10 of the Best Sonnets by Female Poets Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14th Dec 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13th Dec 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12th Dec 2016 The Curious and Little-Known Slang Terms Found in Modern Britain Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9th Dec 2016 Results of Morgen’s 100-word competition: November 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8th Dec 2016 Win A £100 Amazon Gift Card In The #Glimpses Competition Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7th Dec 2016 My crime novella eBook ‘Hitman Sam’ is free today, Wed 7 Dec! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6th Dec 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5th Dec 2016 Looking for free feedback on your writing? Guest post: The Truth About Fiction by sff author Shirley Golden Saturday Art Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2nd Dec 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1st Dec 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30th Nov 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29th Nov 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28th Nov 2016 FREEBIE ALERT! My new quirky mystery novella After Jessica is FREE today 27 Nov! Guest post: Putting Words In Their Mouths – How I Write Dialogue by Kristen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25th Nov 2016 Flash Fiction Friday 183: November’s 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24th Nov 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23rd Nov 2016 My new Northamptonshire crime novella eBook ‘Hitman Sam’ is free today! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22nd Nov 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21st Nov 2016 Four of my 50-story collection eBooks are free today / this week! Chick lit dating novel FREE on Amazon today, Sunday 20 Nov All five of my 50-story collection eBooks are free today / this week! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18th Nov 2016 Author Interview – Heidi Swain Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17th Nov 2016 KAI Presents… Christoph Fischer! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16th Nov 2016 A Short Analysis of Philip Larkin’s ‘Myxomatosis’ Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15th Nov 2016 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14th Nov 2016 Dark days are a-coming FREEBIE ALERT! My new quirky mystery novella After Jessica is FREE today 13 Nov! Freebie! 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Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 August 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 August 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 August 2015 How to Create Dimensional Characters—Beyond the Wound & Into the Blind Spot Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 August 2015 Flash Fiction Friday 167: Renaissance by Jade Kennedy Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 August 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 August 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.124: Morgen Bailey reviews Purge by Nathan O’Hagan Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 August 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 August 2015 Author Spotlight no.412 – debut novelist David Riese Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 July 2015 Flash Fiction Friday 166: 6-word stories Today’s online writing 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6 July 2015 Author interview no.703 with novelist and short story writer Phil Harvey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 July 2015 The story parents neglect Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 July 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 July 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.119: Morgen Bailey reviews Paperchase and Other Stories by Helen Yendall Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 June 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 June 2015 Guest post: History in Mystery (part two) by Joyce T Strand Guest post: Escaping the Comfort Zone by Velda Brotherton Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 June 2015 Flash Fiction Friday 165: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 June 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 June 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and 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steps to bagging that all important book deal! by Amy Lynch Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 May 2015 Flash Fiction Friday 161: 6-word compilations by Chong Teck SIM Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 May 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 May 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.113: Morgen Bailey reviews The Stolen Ones by Richard Montanari Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 May 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 May 2015 Author Spotlight no.408 – fantasy, flash fiction author and essayist Josh Bertetta Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 May 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 May 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 May 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.112: Morgen Bailey reviews The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher Today’s 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2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 April 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 April 2015 Chipping Norton Literary Festival ‘Pitch the Agent’ longlist announced Author Spotlight no.404 – Kathleen Andrews Davis Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 April 2015 New Pages on this Blog: writing tips and online content writing sites Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 April 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 April 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.108: Morgen Bailey reviews The Lucky Penny & Other Stories by Tim Jeffreys (part 1) Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 March 2015 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 March 2015 Author Spotlight no.403 – Heather Kirchoff Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 March 2015 Flash Fiction Friday 158: 6-word stories Today’s online 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Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 January 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.92: Morgen Bailey reviews Step Back in Time by Ali McNamara Author Spotlight no.395 – Holly Kerr Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 January 2015 The Craft: The Ends of Analysis Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 January 2015 Guest post: Mundane Is as Mundane Does by Alison E Bruce Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 January 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.91: Morgen Bailey reviews Hym and Hur by Phillip Frey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 January 2015 Guest post: Edith Emerges – creating characters – by Jo Barney Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 January 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.90: Morgen Bailey reviews A Dark Perfume by Ruth Rendell Book review – for readers and writers – no.89: Morgen Bailey reviews 2nd Chance by James Patterson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 January 2015 Flash Fiction Friday 152: The View by Matt Ingoldby Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 January 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.88: Morgen Bailey reviews Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 January 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – 087: Morgen Bailey reviews Market and Sell Books by Richmond Pickering Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 January 2015 Guest post: How to Use Gamification to Turn Writing Into a Game by Yohana Petrovic Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 January 2015 Post-weekend Poetry 126: Standing at the very edge by Abhishek Shukla Book review – for readers and writers – no.86: Morgen Bailey reviews Tim Frazer Again by Francis Durbridge Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 January 2015 A Story a Day May: May 16th – Over (part one) Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 January 2015 Make your voice heard with a career in content writing by Helen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 January 2015 Book review – for readers and writers – no.85: Jenny Worstall reviews Thrift: The Misadventures of an Inadequate Teacher by Phil Church Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 January 2015 KAI Presents… During the JOYOUS Christmas Season (Wink) …Joy V. 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Friday–Vol 2 – 49 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 November 2014 Guest post: Do you pass the Bechdel Test? by John Harper Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 November 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.67: Morgen Bailey reviews Intrusion by Rosalind Minett Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 November 2014 Guest post: Layering as a Technique for Building Depth by M J Moores Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 November 2014 1977 Author Spotlight no.385 – multi-genre writer Sam Sackett Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 November 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 147: A Season of Half-Light by Jade Kennedy Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 November 2014 Author Spotlight no.384 – mystery novelist Joyce T Strand Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 November 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.66: Morgen Bailey reviews Race to Death by Leigh Russell Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 November 2014 Anthologies and Contests #2 Short Story Winners Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 November 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 124: You Can’t Buy Me, O.C.D. by Joanne Hayle Author Spotlight no.383 – crime & horror writer John Moralee Free eBook 31 Oct & 1 Nov: INTRUSION: A boyhood rivalry in World War Two Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 October 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 146: Colours frozen in time by Chris Farley Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 October 2014 November-deadline writing competitions Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 October 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.65: Louise Farrell guest reviews My Guide: How to Write a Novel by Richmond Pickering Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 October 2014 Guest post: How Important are the Covers of a Book? by Rodica Mihalis Kathy Reichs talk, Bart’s Pathology Museum, London Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 October 2014 Author Spotlight no.382 – multi-genre writer Tekla Dennison Miller Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 October 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 145: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 October 2014 Voice actor looking to record flash fiction… for free! Book review – for readers and writers – no.64: Morgen Bailey reviews The Deportees by Roddy Doyle “This Is Us” – a poem Wantage (Oxfordshire) Literary Festival 25 Oct – 2 Nov Author Spotlight no.381 – thriller / suspense novelist David McGowan Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 October 2014 Lost the Plot? Jane Wenham-Jones’ writing tips for Woman writing competition Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 October 2014 Free eBook today only: INTRUSION: A boyhood rivalry in World War Two Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 October 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.63: Morgen Bailey reviews Gutshots: Ten Blows to the Abdomen by Graham Smith Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 October 2014 Mari Hannah’s partner in crime Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 October 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 October 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 October 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.62: Morgen Bailey reviews The Last Straw by Paul Gitsham Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 October 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 October 2014 Today’s online 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writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 September 2014 Pitching to Agents by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 September 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.59: Morgen Bailey reviews The High Window by Raymond Chandler Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 September 2014 Author Spotlight no.379 – Anthony St. Clair Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 September 2014 Reading my first flash fiction story Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 September 2014 ►Guest Post by Graeme Brown, Fantasy Writer Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 September 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.58: Morgen Bailey reviews Traveling Left of Centre by Nancy Christie Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 September 2014 Author Spotlight no.378 – Samna Ghani Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 September 2014 Printed matter matters – For Friday Fictioneers Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 September 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.57: Morgen Bailey reviews Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 September 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 September 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 123: Throne by Tokoni Uti Morgen’s Editing and Critique Service Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 August 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 144: 6-word stories Fabulous Friday Interview With Romantic Rock Chick Author – Nicky Wells Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 August 2014 Books and Reading Wednesday- Review: Sins of the Father by Melissa Barker-Simpson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 August 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.56: Morgen Bailey reviews Dark Lane by Tim Jeffreys Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 August 2014 Writing 101 – writing and editing tips Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 August 2014 Lydia Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 August 2014 Human Connection in George Orwell’s 1984 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 August 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.55: Morgen Bailey reviews Happy Birthday by Jane Wenham-Jones Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 August 2014 Guest blog post: How to Write a Killer Character by multi-genre author Ditrie Sanchez Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 August 2014 The Practical Poet: Canterbury and me A Reblog from Dianne Salerni – Do Full Time Writers Keep Office Hours? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 August 2014 Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 36 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 August 2014 On being invincible Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 August 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.54: Morgen Bailey reviews In a Word: Murder Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 August 2014 10 Great Quotations from Writers about Life Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 August 2014 Guest Poem: APOLLO AND DAPHNE – after Bernini [terza rima] by Joanna M. Weston Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2014 (part 3) by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 August 2014 Curiosity Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 August 2014 Guest post: Writing A First Novel Is Like Giving Birth by Joe Cosentino Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 August 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.53: Morgen Bailey reviews Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 August 2014 Writing for Emotion: Story Concept Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 August 2014 Poetry Tips Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2014 (part 2) by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 August 2014 The HAT Test and the Diagnosis of Insanity! Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 34 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 July 2014 Author Spotlight no.377 – Michael Carestio Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 July 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.52: Morgen Bailey reviews Eleven The Hardest Way by Graham Smith Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 July 2014 Guest post: Writing about your family and friends can be dangerous to your health by Michael Carestio NLG Flash Fiction Competition 2014 Results Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 July 2014 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2014 (part 1) by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 July 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 143: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 July 2014 Throwback Thursday: Fear of Formatting Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 July 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.51: Morgen Bailey reviews The Woman In Black by Kerry Wilkinson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 July 2014 I’m judging a flash fiction competition too! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 July 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 122: Hardly Feeling by Tovli Simiryan Morgen’s author interview with writer Caroline A Connell Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 July 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 142: Sunshine by Joanne Hayle Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 July 2014 Guest post: My History Mystery by Connie Knight Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 July 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.50: Morgen Bailey reviews the short fiction from ‘A Certain Kind of Freedom’ by The Writer’s Drawer Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 July 2014 Why Women Read Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 July 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 121: In need of Witness Protection from a Sparrowhawk by Marie H Curran Author Spotlight no.376 – Tamara Thorne and Alistair Cross Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 July 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 141: The Cathode Ray Tube Television by Isaac Birchmier Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 July 2014 Guest post: Writerly Doubts by AJ Kirby Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 July 2014 July-deadline writing competitions Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 July 2014 Guest post: How To Avoid A Saggy Middle In Your Novel by Jennifer Snow Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 July 2014 Guest post: How to write short poems by Louis at Poetry Lobby Author Spotlight no.375 – novelist Margaret Eleanor Leigh Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 July 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 140: The Plumber Walks by Mark Cheatwood Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 30 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 July 2014 A week of intense reading Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 July 2014 Fat Assassins by Marita Fowler Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 July 2014 Guest post: Emotional Truth by John Vorhaus Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 June 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 120: Poet’s Model by Michael McGrinder Author Spotlight no.374 – science fiction and fantasy writer Tim Parise Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 June 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 139: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 June 2014 Guest post: The Rules for Your Self-Published Book-Cover by Lorraine Jenkin Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 June 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.49: Morgen Bailey reviews Snow by Aine Greaney Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 June 2014 Guest post: Genre Categories: A Case Study by Nowick Gray Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 June 2014 Floodlight Author Spotlight no.373 – children’s author Edith Fine Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 June 2014 Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 28 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 June 2014 To write or not write? A question of sanity. Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 June 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.48: Morgen Bailey reviews Face Value by Paula Margulies Nine Lives – Review Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 June 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 June 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 119: The Cuckoo Clock by Alan Wells Author Spotlight no.372 – Caroline A Connell Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 June 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 138: Dead Man’s Boots by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 June 2014 Getting my mojo back! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 June 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.47: Morgen Bailey reviews The 30-Day Writing Challenge by Sara Crawford Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 June 2014 Father’s Day – don’t forget In A Word: Murder Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 June 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 118: If The Enemies Of Love by Salvatore Buttaci Author Spotlight no.371 – author and talk show radio host Francine Silverman Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 June 2014 Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 26 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 June 2014 My Desert Island Discs (records, book, luxury) by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 June 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.46: Julia Hughes reviews The Lost Centurion by Monica La Porta Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 June 2014 Guest post: Things Every Author Should Know by PJ Nunn Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 June 2014 The war, Baby. Author Spotlight no.370 – debut novelist Matt Morris Story A Day – May 31st: An Ending and a Beginning Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 May 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 137: 6-word stories Story a Day May – May 30th: 215 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 29th: Start A Riot Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 May 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.45: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Please, No Eyes’ by JD Mader Story a Day May – May 28th: A Holiday Story Story A Day May: May 27th: Two Prompts Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 May 2014 Guest post: Is Location a Character in Your Novels? by JL Greger What made me become a writer? Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 May 2014 Story A Day May: May 26th: It Ain’t Easy, Being… Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.40 Book review – for readers and writers – no.44: Morgen Bailey reviews The Novel Writer’s Toolshed by Della Galton Story A Day May – May 25th: Date with Destiny Story a Day May – May 24th: Title Recall Author Spotlight no.369 – novelist Jane Davis Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 23rd: Will’s Words Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 24 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 22nd: Word List Silliness Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 May 2014 Guest post: A Holmes of Your Own by Drew Black Story A Day May – May 21st: Non-Linear Tales Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 20th: Epistolary Stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 May 2014 Fran Silverman interviews author Tina Howe Story A Day May – May 19th: Multiple Perspectives Story A Day May – May 18th: Third Person, Omniscient Author Spotlight no.368 – Paul Gadsby Story A Day May – May 17th: Third Person, Limited Perspective Story a Day May – May 16th: Second Person, Awkward Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 May 2014 Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 May 2014 Story a Day May – May 15th : Putting ‘I’ First Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 14th: Your Voice is Unique Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 13th: Descriptive Writing Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 12th: Give Your Characters A Voice Book review – for readers and writers – no.43: Morgen Bailey reviews Kath McGurl’s Ghost Stories and How to Write Them Story A Day May – May 11th: Lights, Camera, Action! Author Spotlight no. 367 – Laurence Walker Story A Day May – May 10th: Musical Cues Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 May 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 136: Morgen’s Story A Day May week 1 Story A Day May – May 9th: Setting the Scene Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 May 2014 Guest post: Write The Beginning At The End (And Other Stuff!) by Sheila Turner Johnston Story A Day May – May 8th: Character Counts Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 7th: Ending Line & Writing in Bits and Pieces Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 6th: Two prompts Morgen’s Monday Musings 016 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 May 2014 Story A Day May – May 5th: Shame Story A Day May – May 4th: 2,000 words Author Spotlight no.366 – Laura Wilkinson (inc. giveaway) Story A Day May – May 3rd: Keywords Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 May 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 135: Empty by Paula Acton Story A Day May – May 2nd: Two prompts Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 May 2014 My weekend at Chipping Norton Literary Festival by Morgen Bailey Story A Day May – May 1st: Prompt from Neil Gaiman Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 April 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.42: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘The Gate of Time’ by Stefan Bolz Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 April 2014 Guest post: Tools and Resources to Help in Your Essay Writing Morgen’s Monday Musings 015 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 April 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 116: The Lies I Told My Mother by Jade Kennedy Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.39 Author Spotlight no.365 – Javier Márquez Sánchez Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 April 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 134: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 April 2014 Guest post: Think BIG! by Carol Wyer Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 April 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.41: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Word Up!’ by Marcia Riefer Johnston Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 April 2014 Guest post: Managing A Writing Life by Jonathan P Taylor Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 April 2014 Morgen’s Monday Musings 014 – my week, news, and Ethan Jones’ promotion Author Spotlight no.364 – Preston Lang Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 April 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 133: Both Sides by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 April 2014 Guest post: Best Productivity Tools to Make Writers More Effective by Sandra Miller Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 April 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.40: Morgen Bailey reviews Elements of Life by David Kendrick Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 April 2014 Guest post: ‘Stop Me And Buy One’ by Carol Wyer Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 April 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 115: The Vase’s Last Rose by Salvatore Buttaci Author Spotlight no.363 – debut novelist Louise Walters Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 April 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 132: Where There Is Hope There Is Hunger by Christopher Farley Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 April 2014 Guest post: Magic Realism: An Overview by Yvonne Hertzberger Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 April 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.39: Morgen Bailey reviews Alterations by Rita Plush Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 April 2014 Guest post: Write Right by Rita Plush Morgen’s Monday Musings 013 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 April 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.38: Morgen Bailey reviews Death of a Cad by M C Beaton Author Spotlight no.362 – Jeannie Van Rompaey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 April 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 131: Drawings by Jade Kennedy Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 April 2014 Guest post: How to Make Your Book Signing Event Completely Successful by Carol Wyer Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 April 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.37: Morgen Bailey reviews Grandfather’s Uncle by Philip J McQuillan Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 April 2014 My Day at Get Writing 2014 by Morgen Bailey April-deadline writing competitions Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 March 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.36: Morgen Bailey reviews the poetry from ‘A Certain Kind of Freedom’ by The Writer’s Drawer 46 Top Websites to Promote Your Book for FREE Author Spotlight no.361 – Diane Eklund-Abolins Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 March 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 130: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 March 2014 Guest post: Left Brain, Right Brain by Jerry Last Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 March 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.35: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘The Short Story Writer’s Toolshed’ by Della Galton Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 March 2014 Guest post: Essential Ingredients of Fluent Writing by Ben Russel Morgen’s Monday Musings 012 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 March 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 114: We Try In Our Meager Way by Salvatore Buttaci NLG’s Flash Fiction Competition is open! Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.38 Author Spotlight no.360 – non-fiction author Jennifer Boire Morgen’s free eBooks – dates for your diary! Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 March 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 129: Threading a Needle by Rohini Sunderam Chatting with author, Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 March 2014 Francine Silverman interviews author Frankie Picasso Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 March 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.34: Paul Gadsby reviews Live By Night by Dennis Lehane Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 March 2014 Guest post: How to Write an Interactive Short Story by Roger Hurn Morgen’s Monday Musings MMM011 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 March 2014 Guest post: The Varieties of Rhyming Experience by Phillip Ellis Author Spotlight no.359 – Nowick Gray (inc. giveaway) Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 March 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 128: The View from Heaven by Miriam Drori Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 March 2014 Guest post: Writing a Series by C.K. Crigger Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 March 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.34: Nikki Dudley reviews Someone’s in the House by Samuel Bonner Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 March 2014 Guest post: 5 Tips for Creative Self-Care at Mid-Life by Jennifer Boire Morgen’s Monday Musings 010 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 March 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 113: Before the Sacrifice by Phillip A Ellis Author Spotlight no.358 – writer, artist and photographer Andrew Reid Wildman Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 March 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 127: Bad Timing by Morgen Bailey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 March 2014 Guest post: The Three Rs of Book Series Characters: Recycle, Reuse, Resurrect by Jerry Last Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 March 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.32: Morgen Bailey reviews The Book on Killing Zombies by G Wright MD Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 March 2014 Guest post: The Detective Story by Jim Webster Morgen’s Monday Musings 009 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 March 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 112: World Song by Sandy Hartman Author Spotlight no.357 – Rita Plush Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 February 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 126: eighth collection of 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 February 2014 March Deadline Writing Competitions Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 February 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.31: Nikki Dudley reviews ‘He Died with His Eyes Open (Factory 1)’ by Derek Raymond Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 February 2014 Guest post: From There to Here – Getting a First Novel Published by Yvonne Cassidy Morgen’s Monday Musings 008 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 February 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 111: First Moments by Mark Morris Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.37 Author Spotlight no.356 – TL Bodine Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 February 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 125: Friends by Jane Risdon Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 February 2014 Francine Silverman interviews Carolyn Howard-Johnson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 February 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.30: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘From Invisible to Irresistible’ by Peter Jones Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 February 2014 Guest post: What’s happening to the Book Buying Market? by Jean Henry Mead Morgen’s Monday Musings 007 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 February 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 110: A Word Acrostic About Love by Salvatore Buttaci Author interview no.701 with memoirist Fiona Gold Kroll Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 February 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 124: Sentience, a love story by Paula Friedman Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 February 2014 Guest post: Book Signings by Feather Schwarz Foster Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 February 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.29: Morgen Bailey reviews The Way Home by Carol Holland March Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 February 2014 Author Spotlight no.355 – Irene Soldatos Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 February 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 109: Two love-themed poems by Maria Jordan Author Spotlight no.354 – Kay Murdy Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 February 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 123: The Cellar by Salvatore Buttaci Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 February 2014 Guest post: Power with a capital P (character names) by C.K. Crigger Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 February 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.28: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Running Free’, erotica by Casey Locke Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 February 2014 Francine Silverman interviews writer Patricia Fry Morgen’s Monday Musings 006 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 February 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 108: ‘For M and M on their Wedding Day’ by Sheila Johnston Author interview no.700 with my editor Rachel Daven Skinner Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 January 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 122: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 January 2014 REVIEW: The H.E.Bates Competition winner. Writing-related guest post: Telling Fibs by Roger Hurn Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 January 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.27: Morgen Bailey reviews Me-Time Tales by Rosalind Minett Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 January 2014 February-deadline writing competitions Morgen’s Monday Musings 005 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 January 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 107: Hello, Iris by Maria Jordan Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.36 Author Spotlight no.353 – Rosalind Minett (inc 50% offer) Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 January 2014 Flash Fiction Fridays – writing short fiction Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 January 2014 Guest post: The Seven Things You Need to Become a Writer by Melodie Campbell Tips on: entering writing competitions & pitching to an agent Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 January 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.26: Morgen Bailey reviews The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 January 2014 Writing tips: Creating characters by Morgen Bailey Morgen’s Monday Musings 004 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 January 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 106: Lucky by Mark Morris Between Authors and Their Characters Author interview no.699 with multi-genre writer Roger Hurn Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 January 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 121: No Fun in the Snow by Chris Farley Novel Writers’ ten think points Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 January 2014 Chipping Norton Literature Festival critique competition Free eBook 14-16 Jan: Marcuria’s End by Joshua Steelman Ten Facts about Sherlock Holmes Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 January 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.25: Morgen Bailey reviews Kath McGurl’s Short Stories and How to Write Them Free eBook 14-16 Jan: Marcuria’s End by Joshua Steelman Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 January 2014 Guest blog: ‘Character names’ by Morgen Bailey Morgen’s Monday Musings 003 – my week, blog posts, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 January 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 105: Unlucky In Love by Salvatore Buttaci Author interview no.698 with Shirley You Jest Fiction Winner Amy Sprenger Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 January 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 120: The Wives by Kristina England Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 January 2014 Guest post: Acknowledge Your Achievements by Louisa Clarkson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 8 January 2014 Book review 024: Rosalind Minett reviews Malambo by Lucía Charún-Illescas Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 January 2014 Guest post: Be resolute – make a plan by Adrian Magson Morgen’s Monday Musings 002 – my week, news, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 January 2014 Post-weekend Poetry 104: Arturo Alverez by Mike Friedman Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.35 Author Spotlight no.352 – Roger Hurn Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 January 2014 Flash Fiction Friday 119: Light Shadow by Jade Kennedy Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 January 2014 Guest post: What’s the Right Title for Your Next Novel? by JL Greger Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 January 2014 Book review – for readers and writers – no.23: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘A Christmas Tail’ by T.F. Muir Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 December 2013 Guest post: Throwing A Literary Punch by João Cerqueira Morgen’s Monday Musings 001 – guesting, courses, and what’s caught my eye online Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 December 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 103: The Ending by Jim Scott January-deadline writing competitions Author Spotlight no.351 – Diane Christiansen Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 December 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 118: 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 December 2013 Guest post: ‘Let’s Call It What It Is’ by crime novelist Quentin Bates Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 December 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.22: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Marilyn’s Christmas Surprise’ by Alyssa Lindsey Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 December 2013 Guest post: Time to Kiss and Make Up? by Dave Sivers Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 December 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 102: Give by Dan Holloway Author interview no.697 with non-fiction ghostwriter and publisher Teena Lyons Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 December 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 117: D’Santa by Annie Ireson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 December 2013 Guest post: From Book To Audiobook by Ken La Salle Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 December 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.21: Morgen Bailey reviews Harry Charters’ Chronicles by Graham Smith Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 December 2013 Author Spotlight no.350 – Shahla Khan Downton Abbey interview on Samantha Tonge’s blog Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 December 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 101: Sanctuary by Jade Kennedy Author Spotlight no.349 – Margaret K Johnson Author Spotlight no.348 – Kathryn Starke Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 December 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 116: Revenge by Jane Risdon Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 December 2013 Guest post: Novel Ways to Promote Your Novel by Patricia Fry Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 December 2013 Guest post: Say One Thing by Marcia Riefer Johnston Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 December 2013 Author Spotlight no.347 – RJ Crayton Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 December 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 100: Frustration by Marion Grace Woolley Author Spotlight no.346 – David Fingerman Author interview no.696 with non-fiction writer Bobbi Linkemer Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 December 2013 Guest post: Stay Fit – Keep Writing by Rayne Golay Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 December 2013 Guest post: I’m no Media Darling! by Lynn Albrecht Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 December 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.20: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Parcels in the Rain’ by Elizabeth Ducie Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 December 2013 Guest post: Creating food systems in a fantasy world by Rae Z Ryans Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 December 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 099: Beginnings by Neil Ellman Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.34 O Henry. My #NaNoWriMo Nov 2013: 46,000 words in 6 days. Author interview no.695 with non-fiction writer Dawn Dais 5a.m. Flash: Free eBook from Catherine Dougherty: In Woolen Bikinis – free 30th Nov Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 November 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 115: 6-word stories 5a.m. Flash: Free eBook from Catherine Dougherty: In Woolen Bikinis – free 29 & 30 Nov Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 November 2013 Author Spotlight no.345 – Christine Meunier Deconstruction of a pop song: One Direction’s Story of My Life Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 November 2013 Guest post: Utilising A ‘Useless Degree’ In My Writing by Alison Bruce Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 November 2013 Guest post: Making History: Elite’s Kickstarter Project by Dan Grubb Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 November 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 098: A Dark Caribbean Rum by Jim Scott Author interview no.694 with multi-genre writer Benjamin Gorman Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 November 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 114: The Unspoken Middle by Diane Corriette Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 November 2013 Author Spotlight no.344 – Kenna McKinnon Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 November 2013 Author Spotlight no.343 – Carolyn Haley Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 November 2013 Author Spotlight no.342 – Dima Zales Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 November 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 097: Reunion by Ina Schroders-Zeeders Author interview no.693 with multi-genre novelist Carmen Reid Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 15 November 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 113: The Third Rail by Christopher Farley Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 14 November 2013 Author Spotlight no.341 – Brian Wilson Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 13 November 2013 Guest post: What is Recovery? by Clarkson Graham 5am Flash 131113 – Jane Ayres’ free ebook 13-15 Nov Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 12 November 2013 Guest post: My Four Elements For Successful Writing by Aileen Gibb Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 November 2013 Guest post: ‘Champ – The Story of Survival’ by Fiona Ingram Author interview no.692 with novelist M.L. 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Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 November 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 111: ‘Changing the Guard’ by Jane Risdon 5PM Fiction 294: Both Sides Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 31 October 2013 Author Spotlight no.339 – Marc Nash 5PM Fiction 293: Not Like Back Home Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 October 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.18: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Pembleton PhD Issue 1’ by Martin Cosgrove 5PM Fiction 292: Zeros Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 October 2013 Guest post: The Blurred Lines Between Reality And Fiction by DJ Swykert 5PM Fiction 291: Typical Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 October 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 095: The Wrong Writing Circle by Linda Eve Diamond Author Spotlight no.338 – Karen R Kilby 5PM Fiction 290: Root of all evil Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 October 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 110: 6-word stories 5PM Fiction 289: Connection (part 2) Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 October 2013 Guest post: What’s in a Name? by crime writer and reviewer Graham Smith 5PM Fiction 288: Connection (part 1) Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 October 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.17: Morgen Bailey reviews ‘Slow Poison & Other Dark Tales’ by Elizabeth Cage 5PM Fiction 287: Numbers Game Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 October 2013 Guest post: Getting The Blurb Right by Ken Magee 5PM Fiction 286: Yellowed Greenway Times Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 21 October 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 094: Kenneth Rexroth Has a Posse by Phillip Ellis Do you read / write poetry? 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5PM Fiction 276: Confrontation Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 7 October 2013 Post-weekend Poetry: Phillip Ellis’ review of ‘101 Ways to Make Poems Sell’ Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.32 Free eBook: Story A Day May 2013: Oct 06, 2013 Author interview no.690 with humorous non-fiction writer Amy L Peterson 5a.m. Flash – Free eBook from Kathryn Elizabeth Jones: 3-5 October Free eBook: Story A Day May 2013: Oct 05 & Oct 06, 2013 5PM Fiction 275: Siesta Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 October 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 107: Sweet Idleness by Dorit Kedar 5a.m. Flash – Free eBook from Kathryn Elizabeth Jones: 3-5 October 5PM Fiction 274: At Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 October 2013 Guest post: The Future of Reading by crime writer and reviewer Graham Smith 5a.m. Flash – Free eBook from Kathryn Elizabeth Jones: 3-5 October 5PM Fiction 273: Sure It’s All Innocent Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 October 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.14: Beryl Belsky reviews Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga Free eBook from Catherine Dougherty: In Woolen Bikinis – free today, 2 Oct October-deadline writing competitions 5PM Fiction 272: How Lucky Is That Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 1 October 2013 Guest post: Ten things I’ve learned four months after publishing my first novel King of the Class by Gila Green Free eBook from Catherine Dougherty: In Woolen Bikinis – free 1-2 Oct Post-weekend Poetry 092: Fantasy For Bedtime by Sandy Hartman 5PM Fiction 271: Hazard of the Job Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 September 2013 Author Spotlight no.335 – historical novelist Diana Jackson Free eBook from Catherine Dougherty: In Woolen Bikinis – free 30 Sept to 2 Oct Free eBook: Fifty 5pm Fictions (Volume 4): Sept 29, 2013 Author Spotlight no.334 – Jessica Grace Coleman Free eBook: Fifty 5pm Fictions (Volume 4): Sep 28 & Sep 29, 2013 5PM Fiction 270: Date Night Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 September 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 106: 6-word stories 5PM Fiction 269: Kind of Funny Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 September 2013 Guest post: Picking The Correct Book Title by Kenneth Murray 5PM Fiction 268: I Never Listen Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 25 September 2013 Book review – for readers and writers – no.13: Beryl Belsky reviews ‘A Man of Parts’ by David Lodge 5PM Fiction 267: Nesting Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 24 September 2013 Guest post: Experimenting With Publishing Works-in-Progress on Wattpad by Phyllis Zimbler Miller 5PM Fiction 266: Off Her Trolley Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 September 2013 Guest post: How To Find Your Voice by Kerry Hammerton 5a.m. Flash – Three free eBooks from Linda Hays-Gibbs: 21-23 Sept Free eBook: Fifty 5pm Fictions (Volume 3): Sep 22, 2013 5a.m. Flash – Three free eBooks from Linda Hays-Gibbs: 21-23 Sept Author Spotlight no.333 – Renee Novelle 5a.m. Flash – Three free eBooks from Linda Hays-Gibbs: 21-23 Sept Free eBook: Fifty 5pm Fictions (Volume 3): Sep 21 & Sep 22, 2013 5PM Fiction 265: Consolation prize Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 20 September 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 105: Under Cover by Jane Risdon 5PM Fiction 264: A Different Kind Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 19 September 2013 Guest post: Do you write to get free from your problems? by Andre Cruz 5PM Fiction 263: You’ve Got To Be Kidding Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 18 September 2013 Author Spotlight no.332 – Kenneth Murray booQfest 2013 (part 2) by Morgen Bailey 5PM Fiction 262: No Pleasing Some Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 17 September 2013 booQfest 2013 (part 1) by Morgen Bailey 5PM Fiction 261: Dear John Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 16 September 2013 Guest post: Poetry writing tips from Poet Laureate Alice Shapiro Part Two is here! 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Showing Not Telling by crime writer and reviewer Graham Smith 5PM Fiction 258: Green, not like grass Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 11 September 2013 Guest post: Tiny publisher playing David to Goliath by Dan Grubb 5PM Fiction 257: Shaggy Dog Story Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 10 September 2013 Guest post: The Trouble with Magic! (Establishing Rules to make your Plot Work) by Melodie Campbell 5PM Fiction 256: Em… ill… ee… Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 9 September 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 091: Fibonacci poetry by Morgen Bailey Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.31 Free short stories eBook from Morgen Bailey: ‘Story A Day May 2012’ – free 07-08 Sept Author Spotlight no.330 – Helen Hollick 5PM Fiction 255: Small Steps Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 6 September 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 103: Shadows by Jen Squire 5PM Fiction 254: Rusty had to be the weirdest Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 5 September 2013 Guest post: Writing Historicals: The Addiction That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Lou Allin 5PM Fiction 253: More than I could have thought possible Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 4 September 2013 Guest post: Tell Us A Story by Amanda Klein and Allyson Wuerth 5PM Fiction 252: Millstone Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 3 September 2013 Author Spotlight no.329 – James Dorr 5PM Fiction 251: Peeling In Places Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 2 September 2013 Post-weekend Poetry 090: U Turn by Robert Warwick Green Author Spotlight no.328 – Jayne Bauling 5a.m. Flash 010913 – Free short stories eBook from Morgen Bailey & Tony Tibbenham: 01 Sept Author Spotlight no.327 – Ken La Salle 5a.m. Flash 310813 – Free short stories eBook from Morgen Bailey & Tony Tibbenham: 31 Aug & 01 Sept Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 30 August 2013 Flash Fiction Friday 102: more 6-word stories Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 29 August 2013 Guest post: Let’s Read Towards Early Literacy by Jaquelyn Muller September-deadline & regular writing competitions Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 28 August 2013 Author Spotlight no.326 – JT Velikovsky Guest post: Shared World Anthologies by Joy V Smith Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 27 August 2013 Author Spotlight no.325 – Jeanne Meeks Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 26 August 2013 Author Spotlight no.324 – Melissa Harker Ridenour Author Spotlight no.323 – Dave Sivers 5a.m. Flash 240813 – Free eBook from Valerie Laws: 24-27 August Flash Fiction Friday 101: Triumph by Joy V Smith 5p.m. Flash 230813 – Free eBook from Morgen Bailey: 23-24 August Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 23 August 2013 Author Spotlight no.322 – Britt Reints Guest post: Sweary Bits by crime writer and reviewer Graham Smith Today’s online writing groups’ poetry and story exercises: 22 August 2013 Author Spotlight no.321 – Natasha Wing Book review – for readers and writers – no.12: Beryl Belsky reviews Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. 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Kemp Author interview no.147 with horror writer Lo Cooper Guest post: ‘Power with a capital P’ by Carol Crigger Author interview no.146 with fantasy novelist Catherine Stovall BWT podcast – short story – April’s Fool Author Spotlight no.16 – writer and illustrator Vonnie Winslow Crist Transcription of Oundle Lit Fest (March 2011) – Day 5 of 5 Author interview no.145 with Poet Laureate Alice Shapiro Guest post: Short stories by Alberta Ross Author interview no.144 with fiction writer and columnist Sally Quilford Transcription of BWT podcast: Oundle Lit Fest (March 2011) – Day 4 of 5 Author Spotlight no.15 – epic fantasy author Yvonne Hertzberger Blog interview no.143 with Spectral Press editor / publisher Simon Marshall-Jones Flash Fiction Friday 002: Neil L Yuzuk’s ‘Captain Jack’s Cave’ Author interview no.142 with sci-fi fantasy writer Jim Reilly Guest post: Writing Short Stories For Women’s Magazines by Helen M Hunt Author interview no.141 with mystery writer Anne White Transcription of Oundle Lit Fest (March 2011) – Day 3 of 5 (Mark Billingham & Michael Robotham) Author Spotlight no.14 – Scriptwriter, novelist, actor (and more) Gregory Allen Author interview no.140 with novelist and screenwriter Tom Szollosi Guest post re. writer’s block by Smoky Trudeau Zeidel Author interview no.139 with poet and novelist Franki deMerle Transcription of BWT podcast: Oundle Lit Fest (March 2011) – Day 2 of 5 Author Spotlight no.13 – children’s author Helen Moss (Isabella Cass) Author interview no.138 with multi-genre writer Alison Bruce Transcription of BWT podcast special ep.12: Oundle Lit Fest (March 2011) – Day 1 of 5 Guest post: ‘Writing fantasy’ by Vonnie Winslow Crist Podcast: Bailey’s Writing Tips – Episode 040 (26 Sept 2011) – auto/biographies Author interview no.137 with novelist and short story writer Alberta Ross Transcription of BWT podcast – special episodes 13&14 – Oxford Lit Fest (April 2011) Author Spotlight no.12 – Sarahjane Funnell Author interview no.136 with historical romance novelist Freda Lightfoot Transcription of BWT podcast special ep.5 – review of Chorleywood Lit Fest Nov 2010 Flash Fiction Friday 001: JD Mader’s ‘Green’ Author interview no.135 with multi-genre writer Stephen Brayton Transcription of BWT podcast episode 31 (Mar 2011) – hints & tips Transcription of BWT podcast episode 30 (Mar 2011) – scriptwriting Guest post: ‘Writing manga’ by fantasy / manga author TJ Perkins Author interview no.134 with Christian suspense novelist and memoirist Rosie Cochran Author Spotlight no.11 – DV Berkom Transcription of BWT podcast episode 29 (March 2011) – short stories Author interview no.133 with novelist Terri Giuliano Long Transcription of BWT podcast episode 28 (Feb 2011) – hints & tips pt2 Transcription of BWT podcast episode 27 (Feb 2011) – hints & tips (pt1) Guest post: ‘Point of view’ by Yvonne Hertzberger Author interview no.132 with women’s fiction writer Judith Marshall Author Spotlight no.10 – author Priya Vasudevan Transcription of BWT podcast episode 26 (Feb 2011) – romance Author interview no.131 with non-fiction writer Kevin Cullis Transcription of BWT podcast episode 25 (Feb 2011) – comp & subs Guest post: ‘Ebooks for writers: 101’ by Paul Hurst Author interview no.130 with supernatural mystery, historical and short story writer Geoffrey Guiver Author Spotlight no.9 – author Jeanne Bannon Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast ‘red pen session’ number 4 Author interview no.129 with writer Sarah Tanburn Short story extract: The Threadbare Girl Author interview no.128 with multi-genre writer and blogger Matt Tuckey Guest post: ‘Four Tracks and Typewriters’ by author JD Mader Latest writing competitions and other useful information Author interview no.127 with novelist and online writing tutor Harriet Hopkinson Author Spotlight no.8 – author Velda Brotherton Author interview no.126 with Young Adult novelist Shelley Workinger Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 24 (Jan 2011) – computer tips (pt2) Author interview no.125 with writer John Lindermuth Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 23 (January 2011) – computer tips (pt1) Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 22 (Jan 2011) – biographies Author interview no.124 with writer Sharon Cathcart Podcast: Bailey’s Writing Tips – Episode 039 (12th Sept 2011) Guest post: Writing nature then and now by Kenneth Weene Meetup.com is a 9/11 baby Author interview no.123 with multi-genre writer David Antrobus Author Spotlight no.7 – Alison Bruce Author interview no.122 with romantic suspense novelist Tiffany Snow Bonus material: from Nathan Weaver “I’ve Got This Great Idea for a Book…” Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 21 (Jan 2011) – reading Author interview no.121 with multi-genre writer Kat K.S. Brooks Guest blog post: How to Write a Killer Character by multi-genre author Ditrie Sanchez Author interview no.120 with erotic / urban fantasy writer Jess C Scott Author Spotlight no.6 – multi-genre author (mostly romance and adventure) Caroline Clemmons Author interview no.119 with non-fiction writer André Slade Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 20 (January 2011) – songwriting Author interview no.118 with YA mystery, fantasy / manga writer T J Perkins Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 19 (Dec 2010) – opportunities Author interview no.117 with writers Rachelle Reese and John Miller Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast ‘red pen session’ no.3 Guest post: Is Your Web Page Accessible? by DV Berkom Author interview no.116 with multi-genre writer JD Mader Author Spotlight no.5 – article writer turned mystery novelist Anne White Author interview no.115 with, autobiographer, novelist, short story and ‘how to’ writer Linda Lewis (aka Catherine Howard) Author interview no.114 with poet, critic, short story writer and novelist John Brantingham Author interview no.113 with historical and suspense western writer Carol Crigger Author Spotlight no.4 – YA/Adult fantasy/paranormal romance author Jodine Turner Author interview no.112 with children’s, YA and romance writer Stacy Juba Author interview no.111 with African-American interest and chick-lit writer Yves Brown McClain Author interview no.110 with writer and behavioural educator Louise Crawford Podcast: Bailey’s Writing Tips – Episode 38 (29th August 2011) Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 18 (Dec 2010) – Christmas Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 017 (Dec 2010) – names and characters Author interview no.109 with multi-genre writer Kevin Broughton Author interview no.108 with crime and thriller novelist Graham Hurley Author interview no.107 with multi-genre writer Jeannie van Rompaey Author interview no.106 with multi-genre writer Lillian Stewart Carl Author Spotlight no.3 – mystery and romantic suspense novelist Anne K Albert Author interview no.105 with mystery and romance writer Wendy Gager Author interview no.104 with historical / mystery writer Mary Ellen Dennis (Denise Dietz) Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast ‘red pen session’ no.2 Author interview no.103 with multi-genre writer Marilyn ‘F.M.’ Meredith Guest post: Poetry writing tips from Poet Laureate Alice Shapiro Author interview no.102 with writer Adrian Magson Author interview no.101 with crime novelist and autobiographer Andy Malloy Author interview no.100 with (me, myself and I) multi-genre writer Morgen Bailey Author interview no.99 with mystery writer and former Professor of Psychology Lesley Diehl Author Spotlight no.2 – crime author Lae Monie Author interview no.98 with detective mystery / western writer Wayne Dundee Writing competitions & other opportunities Author interview no.97 with erotic mystery writer Liliana Hart Author interview no.30 (part 2) with YA/Adult fantasy/paranormal romance writer Jodine Turner Podcast: Bailey’s Writing Tips – Episode 037 (15th August 2011) Author interview no.96 with children’s, YA and mystery writer Marilyn Levinson Author interview no.95 with children’s writer Miranda Newboult Author interview no.94 with crime thriller novelist Dave Wise Author interview no.93 with writer Teena Raffa-Mulligan Author interview no.92 with mystery / thriller writer Robert O’Hanneson Author Spotlight no.1 – historian, novelist, poet, non-fiction and short story writer (and more) Michael Hogan Author interview no.91 with non-fiction and western historical romance writer Velda Brotherton Author interview no.090 with writer Gerrie Ferris Finger Blog interview no.86 part 2 with crime / action thriller novelist (who dips into horror) Matt Hilton Author interview no.89 with short story, humour writer and novelist Melodie Campbell Author interview no.88 with writing duo Jack Everett and David Coles Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast ‘red pen session’ no.1 Author interview no.87 with short story & non-fiction writer and tutor Helen M Hunt Author interview no.86 with crime / action thriller novelist Matt Hilton Author interview no.85 with multi-genre writer Dale Mayer Author interview no.84 with mystery, romance and paranormal writer Michele Drier They get their own back… interviews of me. Author interview no.83 with editor and multi-genre writer Paul Morris Author interview no.82 with YA/middle-grade fantasy writer Melissa Dalton Author interview no.81 with mystery and children’s writer Sunny Frazier Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – episode 036 (crime writing) Author interview no.80 with drama / theatre writer Gary Dooley Author interview no.79 with novelist Gary William Murning Forthcoming / ongoing writing competitions and submission opportunities UK-based writing events and courses Author interview no.78 with multi-genre writer James Dorr Useful writing info. (competitions & submissions etc.): Short stories Useful writing info. (competitions & submissions etc.): Poetry Useful writing info. (competitions & submissions etc.): Novels Author interview no.77 with suspense & fantasy writer Darren Kirby Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 016 (Dec 2010) – historical Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 015 (Nov 2010) – mixed topics inc. writing rules Today’s sentence starts at Twitter’s @sentencestarts Author interview no.76 with multi-genre writer Don Britt Author interview no.75 with horror novelist Kitty Kirwin Author interview no.74 with YA and flash fiction writer Katie Knight Podcast: Bailey’s Writing Tips – Episode 035 (25th July 2011) Author interview no.73 with crime novelist Howard Linskey Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 014 (Nov 2010) – erotica Author interview no.72 with historical and contemporary fiction novelist Anna Jacobs (and sci-fi as Shannah Jay) Transcription of BWT podcast 013 – romance and chick lit Transcription of Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 012 (Nov 2010) – writing comedy A big “thank you” – 6,000 blog visits since 31.03.11 Today’s sentence starts Author interview no.71 with horror, sci-fi, adventure novelist Gary Towner Author interview no.70 with multi-genre writer Linda Lavid Author interview no.69 with multi-genre fiction writer Benjamin Gorman Double entendres – the power of words Author interview no.68 with sci-fi time-travel adventure writer Sheron McCartha Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast 32 – interview with crime writer Sally Spedding Author interview no.67 with children’s / young adult writer Bruno Stranges Author interview no.66 with writer, actor and singer Barry Hickey Author interview no.65 with sci-fi / fantasy / thriller writer Lorcan Reilly Author interview no.64 with historical novelist James Martin Author interview no.63 with poet, non-fiction writer and novelist Maggie Ball Author interview no.62 with multi-genre writer Jim Sellers Author interview no.61 with romantic suspense novelist Rosanne Dingli Author interview no.60 with women’s and YA writer Karen Pokras Toz Author interview no.59 with poet and multi-genre writer Betsy Riley Author interview no.58 with mystery novelist Donna White Glaser Author interview no.57 with horror / sci-fi / fantasy writer Stuart Hughes Author interview no.56 with speculative fiction / alternative history / science fiction novelist Stoney Compton Author interview no.55 with poet Phillip Ellis Author interview no.54 with suspense novelist Marla Madison Author interview no.53 with writer, columnist, tutor and judge Sue Moorcroft Author interview no.52 with urban fantasy and paranormal romance writer Rebecca Little Author interview no.51 with crime novelist Kevin Thomas Author interview no.50 with multi-genre writing team Tia Bach & Angela Silverthorne Podcast special episode 30 with crime writer Adrian Magson Author interview no.49 with historical / legal writer Mike Voyce Author interview no.48 with novelist George Mavro Author interview no.47 with autobiographer / non-fiction writer Chris Pownall Author interview no.46 with mystery, suspense, thriller writer Tony McFadden Author interview no.45 with historical mystery novelist Diane Piron-Gelman (D M Pirrone) Podcast special episode 29 with crime writer Adrian Magson Author interview no.44 with author and poet Kerry Quinn Author interview no.43 with short story writer, blogger and photographer Winn Smith Author interview no.42 with fantasy / sci-fi author Michael Young Author interview no.41 with writer Gary Goldstein Podcast special episode 28 with crime author Adrian Magson Author interview no.40 with author of all things weird (with humour) Shaun Allan Author interview no.39 with thriller/suspense novelist Joe Rinaldo Author interview no.38 with autobiographer Paul Brogan Author interview no. 37 with multi-genre writer / tutor Nancy Dodd Author interview no.36 with novelist and reviewer Erastes Author interview no.35 with urban fantasy / paranormal writer Mary Ann Loesch Author interview no.34 with historical novelist and poet Terry L White Author interview no.33 with memoirist and short story writer Boyd Lemon Author interview no.32 with suspense writer Peter Pollak Author interview no.31 with humour writer Matt Goldberg Today’s sentence starts Latest Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode: no.34 (inc sci-fi/fantasy/horror) Author interview no.30 with author Jodine Turner World Book Night 2012 – Tell us your favourite books Some more sci-fi / fantasy / horror websites and info. A few sci-fi / fantasy / horror competitions and submission opportunities A few sci-fi, fantasy and horror publications and websites Writing prompts from Writing Excuses podcast Author interview no.29 with writer, poet and lyricist Nathan Weaver Various artistic opportunities Author interview no.28 with crime/western/horror novelist & actor Gary Dobbs (Jack Martin/Vincent Stark) Author interview no.27 with erotic romance writer Tess Harding Author interview no.26 with crime/thriller writer and playwright Tom Bryson Author interview no.25 with multi-genre writer Charles Weinblatt Author interview no.24 with fantasy / science-fiction writer Mark Tierno Author interview no.23 with speculative fiction writer Irene North Author interview no.22 with multi-genre writer Nigel Paul New podcast feature: red pen critique (interested?) Blog visit milestone – a big “thank you” Author interview no.21 with supernatural thriller / article writer David Mathew Author interview no.20 with romance writer Christina Wittelsbach Author interview no.19 with supernatural mystery/horror/scriptwriter Julia Kavan Author interview no.18 with multi-genre novelist and short story writer Philip Neale (Neal James) Writing-related websites Other writing-related opportunities (UK and overseas) Short story competitions and submission opportunities Poetry competitions and submissions Novel competitions and submission opportunities British Fantasy Society anthology competition (ends 30 June) Author interview no.17 with journalist and novelist Malcolm Brenner Podcast: Bailey’s Writing Tips – Episode 033 (20 June 2011) Author interview no.16 with article writer & novelist Dick Blizzard Author interview no.15 with poet Lisha Garcia UK writing-related events (poetry and prose) Author interview no.14 with scriptwriter and sci-fi author Darlene Hartman Open City’s 2011 RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest (USA) Two opportunities from Snake Nation Press, USA (31st Aug deadlines) Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Competition, USA (ends 31st July) How to beat writers’ block from Stewart Ferris & The London Writers’ Club Poetry competition – ends 14th July 2011 Event for writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror (Derby UK) 25&26 June Author interview no.13 with western / mystery writer Larry Payne Today’s sentence starts Author interview no.12 with novelist Joseph V Sultana Author interview no.11 with murder mystery / thriller author Gary Showalter Author interview no.10 with autobiographer Jon Magee Author interview no.9 with horror writer Trevor Hallam Author interview no.8 with children’s writer Sarahjane Funnell Today’s sentence starts Author interview no.7 with multi-genre novelist Charles Wooten Author interview no.6 with poet and self-help writer Lawrence R Berger Author interview no.5 with novelist Sue Roebuck Today’s sentence starts at Twitter’s @sentencestarts Author interview no.4 with paranormal romance writer Sherri Dub BWT audio podcast special ep 27: Oundle Lit Fest day 5 (Katherine Jakeways) Author interview no.3 with novelist and screenwriter Brian Price Author interview no. 2 with non-fiction writer Pamela Sisman Bitterman Author interview no.1 with horror / thriller / sci-fi writer Colin Barnes What’s in a name? Podcast interview with novelist Jane Davis part 3 New feature: blog interviews Bailey’s Writing Tips audio podcast special episode 23: Oundle Lit Fest day 4 Podcast interview with novelist Jane Davis part 2 Podcast interview with novelist Jane Davis part 1 UK Literary Festivals taking place June / July Bailey’s Writing Tips: interviews & reviews A Story a Day May: May 31st – Into the wild blue yonder A Story a Day May: May 30th – The Lake at Dusk Other writing opportunities Short stories – submission opportunities Short story competitions Sept to Nov 2011 Short story competitions – July & August 2011 deadlines Short story competitions – June 2011 deadlines Scriptwriting competitions and submissions – UK & International Poetry events around the UK Poetry competitions Novel submission opportunities Novel-related competitions Non-fiction competitions and submissions A couple of pieces of interest for those writing for children/ya Some UK writing events you might be interested in Oundle Lit Fest day 3 (Mark Billingham & Michael Robotham) special podcast no 22 A Story a Day May: May 29th – Don’t A Story a Day May: May 28th – Man overboard A Story a Day May: May 27th – Feeling like a child again A Story A Day May: May 26th – Sparkly A Story a Day May: May 25th – She suspects A Story a Day May: May 24th – A life-changing moment A Story a Day May: May 23rd – A story set in a small town A Story a Day May: May 22nd – The Case That Sherlock Couldn’t Crack A Story a Day May: May 21st – prompt: Late Debate: lyrics vs music… which is most important? A Story a Day May: May 20th – A Story for Amelia Earheart A Story a Day May: May 19th – A Dark Day: Scientifically unexplained occurrence A Story a Day May: May 18th – Court/caught (A shag-gy dog story) 10 Classic Reversal Scenes (thanks Yukon Graham and Leigh Russell) ‘Writers: What to do when you get stuck’ A Story a Day May: May 17th – 10 keywords ‘The big game’ A Story a Day May: May 16th – ‘Over’ (part two) A Story a Day May: May 16th – Over (part one) Part 2 of 2 of my interview with poet Chris Ringrose A Story a Day May: May 15th – second person viewpoint ‘Ghost’ A Story a Day May: May 14th – Norman the Conqueror A Story a Day May: May 13th – ‘Whatever you say’ A Story a Day May: May 12th – The Threadbare Girl A Story a Day May: May 11th – part two (re-write a fairy tale) A Story a Day May: May 11th – part one (I’m particularly proud of this) Poetry homework – ‘Old before my time’ (critique welcomed) A Story a Day May: May 10th – ‘a broken dart / of moonlight – splintered on the sea’ If you’re suffering from writer’s block – try a word web A Story a Day May: May 9th – Clues from pictures of die (dice) A Story a Day May: May 8th – A different perspective Extract from Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 011 (Nov 2010) – a mixed bag’s flash fiction Extract from Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 011 (Nov 2010) – a mixed bag’s ideas Extract from Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 011 (Nov 2010) – a mixed bag’s hints & tips A Story a Day May: May 7th – A Military Couple A Story a Day May: May 6th – “Do It Right Or Get Off The Horse” A Story a Day May: May 5th – Party, Fiesta, Shindig or Gathering A Story a Day May: May 4th – May the Fourth Be With You A Story a Day May: May 3rd – Be a Tour Guide Extract from Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 010 (Oct 2010) – flash fiction Extract from Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast episode 010 (Oct 2010) –