Short Story Competitions: Are They Worth Entering?
Short Story Competitions: Are They Worth Entering? Over the years, I’ve entered a fair few short stories into competitions. I’m a novelist by inclination, and so most of my fiction writing has been on much longer projects … but I’ve found short stories a great...
Has Your Blogging Gone as Well as You’d Hoped in 2017? Announcing Blog On
Has Your Blogging Gone as Well as You’d Hoped in 2017? Announcing Blog On How’s 2017 been for you? It’s been a mixed year for me: in some ways, I accomplished a lot more than I was expecting (I wrote a whole novella that I hadn’t even thought of back in January)...
Is Your Writing Just an Expensive Hobby (and So What If It Is?)
Is Your Writing Just an Expensive Hobby (and So What If It Is?) Do you see your writing as a profession or a hobby? Or both? While some writers insist that writing is much more than a hobby – it’s a job, a business, even a calling – you might find it helpful to (at...