There is no question that the online writing community is getting bigger and with it, the quality of stories I’m up against in any competition is getting better. I’m not sure if I’ve become lazy, if i’m just distracted or maybe I’m not focusing, but my writing is NOT as successful as it was lastContinue reading “Writing competitions do better. Boo! And my selected flash fiction on Dementia. Yay! ♥”
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Selected for Childrens Mental Health Week
It’s always a wonderful thing to have a successful Short Story that wins or gets selected for a competition. In the Secret Attic Weekly Write last week (week 5) my story was the first selected entry, and I was absolutely thrilled. The story itself, including the difficult content and the timeframe of submission, was probablyContinue reading “Selected for Childrens Mental Health Week”
New Year, New Story, New Win
What are we all thinking about in the New Year? Weight loss? Going sober? Giving up cigarettes? Spending more time with family? Becoming vegan? Finding love? Travelling? Learning? Decorating? There’s a million ways we utilise January as a conduit to a ‘better’ life. Thats’s how I USED to operate at the start of every year.Continue reading “New Year, New Story, New Win”
Tell it to the judge!
Happy Thursday friends! My goodness have I had a week. Have you had a busy week? Are things going well? Or are you having a difficult week? Maybe there’s too much going on. Allow me to distract you for 5 minutes with my news. This is self indulgent, I know. But if I can’t putContinue reading “Tell it to the judge!”
Selected and topical – i’m not just about Mental Health you know!
It was the end of the year and all through the house, not a story was stirring, not even something shitty out of my covid-addled brain… Yes, it’s true that somehow, in a life imitating art kinda way, I managed to get Covid-19. So when I noticed I’d been selected in the final Secret AtticContinue reading “Selected and topical – i’m not just about Mental Health you know!”
Goodbye 2021 🖕🏻, Welcome 2022 😊!
2021 can suck it. I mean that. I left the year with the thing we’ve all been avoiding for almost 24 months. That’s right, I got COVID-19. And it was bloody horrific. I had a couple of days of extreme pain and extreme tiredness, and I use the word ‘extreme’ quite deliberately. After 3 wholeContinue reading “Goodbye 2021 🖕🏻, Welcome 2022 😊!”
No No No No to Na No Wri Mo (sorry 😞 )!
As the short life of my website proves, I’ve only really started going public to obtain critique on my fiction in the last year, and it’s been a bloody tough, skin-thickening year. More learning curves than an AA Road Map, more mistakes than a dating website and more tears than a woman watching Ghost afterContinue reading “No No No No to Na No Wri Mo (sorry 😞 )!”
Second Place! Well, sort of. Shhh!
I’m late posting this because, well…Christmas. You know. It got in the way. And then I won another competition and I was so excited I had to write about that as quickly as possible. So I guess what I’m trying to say is Sorry. I’m sorry I’m late, I’m sorry I’m posting things upside downContinue reading “Second Place! Well, sort of. Shhh!”
Happy Christmas – I WON!! 🙌 🎄
It’s a glorious day. It’s Christmas. As I sit here now on my usual perch on the edge of the bed, I feel a little unhealthy thanks to the effects of Covid. That’s right, I got Covid…for Christmas. Yay! What else did I get for Christmas? Well the usual beautiful presents from my partner, theContinue reading “Happy Christmas – I WON!! 🙌 🎄”
We’re back! #amwriting YEAH!
November was sooooooo slow. Oh my goodness. The anticipation of Christmas coupled with the lack of writing competitions while other (far more robust) writers took on Na No Wri Mo (post on that to follow soon) meant I was itching for December to start. When it eventually rolled around I was sat at my laptopContinue reading “We’re back! #amwriting YEAH!”
Creative Steph 