WordDay Wednesday

January 11, 2012

Every Wednesday, we feature a single-word writing prompt for you to use as you wish. Use the word as a springboard to wherever your creativity takes you. Feel free to post your poems / stories in the comments each week. “dancer”

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Last day of early bird discount on flash fiction course!

January 10, 2012

Today is the last day to sign up for Calum Kerr’s flash fiction course at the early-bird price – tomorrow (or more likely tonight) it will go back to its normal price of £115, so why not grab a bargain while you can! The Whole World in a Flash   Flash-fiction is the newest form [...]

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Winning Words Book Club 1 – Interview with Tania Hershman

January 9, 2012

Following on from last week’s book club, I interviewed top short fiction writer Tania Hershman about her collection The White Road and Other Stories. WW:  How did the collection come about? Can you tell us anything interesting / unusual about it? TH: You might like to take a look at the post I wrote for [...]

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Top 10 tips for making effective writing resolutions

January 6, 2012

Yes, it might be a cliche to make New Year Resolutions, but it’s a good excuse to take stock of where you are with your writing and think about what you want to achieve in 2012. Do you want to commit to writing a short story a week, a poem a month? Finish that novel? [...]

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Wednesday is Word-Day

January 4, 2012

Wordless Wednesday is so 2011. For 2012, we will be featuring a single-word writing prompt for you to use as you wish. Feel free to post your poems / stories in the comments each week. “illumination”  

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Winning Words Book Club 1 – The White Road and Other Stories

January 2, 2012

The first book in our ‘book club’ is The White Road and Other Stories by Tania Hershman, published by Salt. This is a collection of stories, some the more traditional ‘short story’ length, some much shorter. The collection seemed to alternate longer pieces with the very short ones, which I think worked very well. Tania’s [...]

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New Flash Fiction Course

December 27, 2011

Kick-start your 2012 writing resolutions with a 6 week online course in writing flash fiction with one of the masters of the form, Calum Kerr… The Whole World in a Flash   Flash-fiction is the newest form on the block and one which is catching on at incredible speed. There are two reasons for this. [...]

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Happy Holidays, writers!

December 26, 2011

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, life just seems to be getting in the way! All will be back in the new year, but until then relax, eat, drink and be merry. Oh, and watch this space for details of a brand new flash fiction course coming soon…

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Wordless Wednesday

November 30, 2011

Every Wednesday we feature a wordless writing prompt. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Nick K.

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Wordless Wednesday

November 16, 2011

Every Wednesday we feature a wordless writing prompt. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Nick K.

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