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?

How do you feel about your work once you’ve submitted it for publication or to a competition? Are you anxious, waiting to hear back? Do you just forget about that piece of work and move on to the next? Or are you somewhere in between?

Yesterday when I was driving home in peak hour traffic (yes, I know that Perth peak hour doesn’t really compare with universal image of peak hour, but it’s still offers plenty of thinking time) I was wondering what had happened to my mid-grade novel proposal.

I broke one of my rules last month – when you’re sending out work to an editor/publisher always always have a