In a world where everyone thinks they can write and quite a few can, the only way to build up a CV (prior to that getting-a-book-deal moment) is to either get published in magazines or to get noticed in writing competitions. And with literary magazines few and far between, writing competitions (often linked to publication) … Continue reading It could be you. Or it could be a lottery.
It’s been a while since I wrote my Twitter profile (go on, read it), but it’s one I’m still quite happy with, at least until this week, when a perceptive follower (thanks Derek!) asked what the ‘breakthrough moment’ it mentions would actually look like to me. My first reaction was to reply ‘a book deal’ because … Continue reading The audience is out there
There’s a lot to be said for a catchy title. I mean, never having read a Western (oops, I’m forgetting All the Pretty Horses) and with a strong tendency to avoid cowboy films, what else would have made me pick up The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt except the desire to work out if it was … Continue reading The Sisters Brothers
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks in the blogosphere. No sooner had I been tagged than two other lovely bloggers nominated me for blog awards – JoAnna for Versatile Blogger and Pauline Barclay – herself one of the sunniest bloggers on the planet – for Friendly Blogger. I am grateful to both of these … Continue reading Awards and ancestry.
It’s just as well that Rachael gave us extra time for the second campaign challenge. 200 words to include imago, lacuna,miasma synchronicity and oscitate? It was off to the dictionary for me, but when I got there, I wasn’t much farther forward! The excellent and inventive efforts of other campaigners left me awestruck but still … Continue reading Cowboy or Alien?
Ali Bacon, Author 