Attempting to relaunch website...

Do book trailers really help sell books?

My latest post for Commonwealth Writers is on the subject of book trailers.

Happy Easter/Passover/Spring!

Year of the Dragon is also Year of the Short Story

Happy 2012! My latest Commonwealth Writers post is now up, and is all about the short story.

Short list of short story competitions

Since the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize deadline was November 30th, my latest post includes a list of several other English language short story contests which offer sizable prizes and are open to unpublished international writers.

Latest post is about Reading

My latest Commonwealth Writers online writer in residence post is up.  I'm hoping someone leaves a question and/or comment under it that will help spark the next one (struggling to come up with a decent topic!)...

Also, a reminder: there is now just over a week left to submit to the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize (deadline is November 30, 2011). Check the guidelines carefully - all Commonwealth citizens are eligible to apply, even if they are currently living outside of the Commonwealth!

New post as Writer-In-Residence

My first proper post as online Writer-in-Residence for the Commonwealth Writers went up today.

In other news, today is/was apparently National Sandwich Day in the United States (due to it being the birthday of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich).

Commonweath Writers relaunch

The revamped Commonwealth Writers has just relaunched with a brand new website.

It's not only jam-packed with information but is designed to be interactive and to provide resources for fiction writers all over the world, acting as a kind of online community.

I'm excited to be a small part of it as their first online writer-in-residence and will be posting regularly over the coming weeks...