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October 31, 2012
UK and International Writing Competition’s Update November 2012
Once again we have a number of new competitions announced to the UK short story and poetry writing public, we also have 24 ending this month too. You can find the complete listing on the Writing Competition Listings Page.
New Competitions Announced
Anthony Hecht Prize
Poetry
£1,750.00
£15.00
01/12/2012
Collection
James White Award
Short Story
£300.00
Free
16/12/2012
6,000
Magma Competition
Poetry
£500.00
£5.00
16/12/2012
80 lines
Sentinel Competition
Mixed
£150.00
£5.00
20/12/2012
1,500 / 50 lines
Willesden Herald
Shor...
October 30, 2012
The ‘Look’ Challenge – Living Through the Medium of Facebook
I was hovering around Madison Wood’s blog today and noticed that she had tagged me in a post called The ‘Look’ Challenge. When I read more I realised that it was an attempt to make writers more aware of the frequency with which they use particular words, in this case the word ‘look’.
These are the rules:
Search your manuscript for the word “look,” and then copy the surrounding paragraphs into a post.
Give a little background on the sceneif you’d like.
Tag 5 other writers who’re working on, or who...
October 29, 2012
Stilted is The Weekly Word: What’s YOUR Alternative Meaning?
I dug out my trusty Thesaurus when I was planning the words for this slot to the end of the year, and when I spotted the word ‘Stilted’ I knew that there would be a great alternative meaning in there. I could have gone with something along a cheesy theme, or a circus them or even a ‘staying where you are theme’; but in fact I chose the alcohol route and my alternative meaning is ‘a higher qualification in brewing poteen”.
Go on, what’s your alternative meaning?
This week’s word is STILTED,it is...
October 25, 2012
Friday Fictioneers – Garden Gazing
It’s been a few weeks since I last contributed to the Friday Fictioneers challenge which has now been taken on by Rochelle Wiseoff. I’d like to say a huge thank you to Madison Woods, who started the original group, she certainly inspired me to get more creative with my fiction persona; and much to the lovely Stevie’s distress, I’ve often explored a dark side I didn’t know I had.
The photo this week come courtesy of Rochelle herself and the usual restrictions apply, it is her copyright so pleas...
Win a Free Copy of FunEmployed in The Thursday Throng Author Interview with Kerry Quinn
Today, I’d like to welcome Kerry Quinn to the Author interviewees’ chair with her book ‘FunEmployed: Finding the Upside in the Downturn‘. In addition to this interview, Kerry is also offering a free eCopy of her book and all you need to do is leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning.
Linda’s Review
I’m sure we’ve all been there at some point, no job, no money and often no hope. It’s not a pleasant place to be by any means and unemployment, especially in this global downturn, cont...
October 24, 2012
Is this the end of publishing?
Ok, I know I added a video from YouTube to my blog last month; but when I watched this one I felt sure that you’d want to see it too … Come on, do you think that this is the end of publishing?
Filed under: The Art of Self Publishing Tagged: publishing
October 23, 2012
LinkedIn Endorsements vs Recommendations
There has been a lot of activity on LinkedIn recently with the introduction of their brand new feature, endorsements. It’s the logical extension of a profile that now lists the skills that people have. But what exactly are skills (as understood by LinkedIn), and what are the endorsements that go with them? And how do they compare with Recommendations?
On my profile, if you scroll down the page a little, you’ll see a section that looks like this:
These are skills I have listed myself which are t...
October 22, 2012
The Weekly Word is ZEALOT: Have you got an alternative meaning?
This week the weekly word will be ZEALOT and my alternative meaning is a ‘an extremely effective salesperson‘. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative meaning?
This week’s word is ZEALOT,it is a NOUN and is pronounced ‘zell-ott’
The word zealot means someone who is fanatical; they are full of ZEAL or they are ZEALOUS; they can also be someone who is a member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in ancient Judea who were striving to overthrow the Roman’s who ruled them....
October 18, 2012
Win a Signed Copy of Souled in The Thursday Throng Author Interview with Diana Murdock
Today, I’d like to welcome Diana Murdock to the Author Interviewee’s chair with her novel ‘Souled‘. In addtion to this interview, Diana is also offering one lucky winner a free copy of the book; all you need to do is leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning.
According to Amazon “What 17-year-old boy wouldn’t be tempted by the promise of power and control – no matter what form that promise came in? For Seth, the temptation was much too strong to resist. And why should he? The way...
October 17, 2012
September & October FREE Book Giveaways Still Open
When I first started doing my Thursday Throng Author Interviews, I kept the giveaways open for a week at a time. As I was preparing for my holiday in September I realised that I wouldn’t be able to keep an eye on the comments that were being made and decided to keep a giveaway open until the end of the month AFTER the interview was published.
I’ve listed all the interviews that have giveaways that are still open to comments below and at the end of this month I’ll announce all the winners from...
