After months of planning and preparation, our (The Oldbury Writing Group) book launch is finally here. We will be launching our World War Two anthology of poems and short stories titled From Sunrise to Sunset. The book launch will be on Saturday 22nd April (this Saturday, folks) at…
It’s April! Can you believe it? I don’t know what happened to March. It feels like 2017 is zooming by, and I’m a snail trying to keep up. So, yeah, I’m not doing so well with my 2017 writing goals. Now I may not be moving at the…
What happened to February? It feels like I blinked and the month was gone. I don’t know why, but it feels like time is racing towards something. Well, with a new month, it’s time to check on my progress with my writing goals. Again, I haven’t achieved everything…
On Tuesday 7th February 2017, my fellow Oldbury Writing Group members and I took part in another book reading of our soon to be released World War Two anthology titled From Sunrise to Sunset at Wednesbury Methodist Church. Thanks to our member Dave, we were invited by the…
Wow, I can’t believe it’s February already. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was writing my January writing goals. Well, with January finished, I thought it would be a good idea to review my progress. I feel this will help me to keep on track with…
On the 26th November 2016 (Yes, this post should have been written ages ago lol), I went to the Dudley Library’s Writers Networking Morning with the Oldbury Writing Group. For the event, there was a panel of four speakers: Nell Dixon, Gemma Todd, Elizabeth Hanbury, and Brenda Read-Brown.…
‘My Sweet Gift to You’ is a 100-word story (drabble). This story was originally written for the 2016 Reader’s Digest 100-word competition. Sadly, I wasn’t shortlisted, but I did manage to find a home for it on the FridayFlashFiction.com website. For this story, I wanted to try writing…
Wow, I can’t believe 2017 is here already. It feels like I blinked and 2016 disappeared. In my previous post I mentioned how 2016 didn’t go as well as I had hoped, but for 2017 I am determined to do better. I have so many projects that I…
Wow, I cannot believe that 2016 is nearly over already. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was preparing for the start of 2016. I had many goals for 2016: I wanted to have a submission ready novel, I wanted to start writing my next novel, I…
Wow, November is over already. It feels like I blinked and the month was finished. So with the end of November, it also means that it’s the end of NaNoEdMo (and NaNoWriMo). I would like to say that I’m celebrating reaching my goal (completing the third draft of…