PowWow Festival of Writing 2017

PowWow Festival of Writing 2017

On the 7th May 2017, I (and the Oldbury Writing Group) had the pleasure of attending the PowWow Festival of Writing (2025 Update: The PowWow Festival no longer runs) for the third time. Yes, the third time. As always, the festival was held in the beer garden at…

From Sunrise to Sunset Book Launch – My Experience

From Sunrise to Sunset Book Launch – My Experience

On Saturday 22nd April, we (The Oldbury Writing Group) launched our first anthology titled From Sunrise to Sunset at the Oldbury Library. From Sunrise to Sunset is a World War Two anthology of poems and short stories. During the event, we each read some of our pieces from…

The Novella Challenge

The Novella Challenge

I’m writing a novella. Well, not right now, but I will once I finish the planning stages. If you’ve seen my writing goals, you will know that one of my goals is to turn a short story into a novella. Why a novella? Well, there are two reasons…

January 2017 Writing Goals Review

January 2017 Writing Goals Review

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…