If you were wondering where I and my posts have been for the last few days, I think I’m currently going through (and slowly coming out of) what Seth Godin calls The Dip. It’s that time in all great plans, when …

I’m delighted to say that the Writing to Inspire site is now set up for writers to post their work online. What’s more there’s also a facility that allows readers, other writers, friends and family to offer comments and feedback. How exciting is that?

n every day life almost all of what we know and assume is absorbed through what we see, hear, taste, touch and smell. The challenge though is that we all have a primary sense, a few that are average and one sense that definitely lags behind.

Listening to Karen Kotze, owner of the Bodhi Tree book cafe, talk about about how to get your books taken on by book stores, one thing became incredibly clear …

Writing to a deadline is an important part of writing, especially if you are working towards publication, but if you’re interested in entering competitions it’s vital

Below, in a month of Writing to Inspire firsts, are the details of our ‘First Line’ Short Story competition, as officially launch yesterday.
When I was designing this competition, I didn’t want it to be the same as everybody else’s; I wanted it to

I’ve just come back from visiting Jane Austin’s house in Chawton where she lived the last 8 years of her life. But, as is the case with places like this, it got me thinking…

I was out buying my vegies last week and as I walked past a blackboard promoting the week’s specials I wondered, and not for the first time, why the person given the chalk is so often unable to spell?

If you need motivation to keep writing and submitting your story, read this article, sometimes the numbers do turn in your favour.

So without even realising the signifance of the date, I spent the last twenty-four hours searching for insight into my place in this world and purpose for the coming year. I’ve never really been one for New Year’s Resolutions …