May is going to be a big month writing-wise for all those who choose for it to be. I’ve been invited to hold writing workshops over the entire 3 days – yep, 3 days of writing workshops! I had thought of doing a complete weekend course but thought that might limit the number of people able to attend, so in the end I divided the days into individual workshops for those who only want (or are free) to attend the odd one or two, but I’ve also organised a special price for those who are eager to attend for entire days.

As you will know, if you’re on my mailing list or regularly visit Writing to Inspire, there have been a lot of changes recently with the services I’m offering online. I believe the official words are solidifying and diversifying?

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?

First off I wanted to thank everybody who entered our Inaugural ‘First Line’ Short Story Competition. I was suitably impressed with the response, enough so that I will hold another, but more of that later.

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.

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? How about a drive down to Bridgetown for the Words in the Valley Writer’s Festival?

Many people, when starting out, think that the hard part about creating and self-publishing a book is the writing itself or maybe the process of self-publishing. Yet, in all honesty, I would have to say that both of these pale in comparison to promoting and distributing your own book

Just a gentle reminder (well, perhaps as gentle as a sledgehammer), if you were thinking about attending the upcoming Writing from the Heart online course you need to enroll and pay today.

It occurred to me yesterday that since I’m holding the 2011 ‘First Line’ short story writing competition, with it’s deadline in June, now might be a great time to cover some writing tips relevant to entering competitions.

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