28 Aug 2012 by Laura Meyer

A View To A Room

I’m grabbing at handfuls of quiet moments to write this. It’s been a weekend of frenzied cleaning to Queen and ELO blasting from the iPod, which has left precious little time for writing. Right now, I’m “watching” a movie with my daughters while my cup of tea grows cold on the coffee table thanks to the cat that’s wedged itself under my chin and the iPad on my knees.... read more

28 Aug 2012 by Tony Noland

Closing in on the last page

Finally! One of these Write Anything monthly themes that I’m HAPPY to write on! All year long, the WA team of writers has been challenged to a) work on a significant project and b) write blog posts to respond to such sharp-edged, soul-searching questions as “What made you start to write?“, “What do you do well?” and “What is your greatest triumph as a writer?” This... read more

27 Aug 2012 by Janelle Ward

Relearning Writing

Many of us learned to write in an academic context: think book reports and five-paragraph essays. Sure, some enthusiasts struck out independently, but I’ll bet a majority produced more school-mandated papers than personal writing. I’m no exception, though I never stopped going to school. For better or worse, I made the decision to stay in an academic environment, finishing my PhD at the ripe old age of... read more

27 Aug 2012 by Jacqui Murray

The Danger of Using Images Online

How’s my writing going ? I know–that’s supposed to be the August topic. Truth, I have no idea. If you’d asked me Friday (two days and six thousand years ago), I’d have rattled off a five-hundred word progress report. Today, after the weekend I’ve gone through, my brain is frazzled, my head is pounding, my neck hurts and the last thing I want to do is wrap my shriveled... read more

26 Aug 2012 by Jodi Cleghorn

F&GC #24 Urban Fantasy

“The Urban Fantasy Challenge” For submission Sunday, 2nd September Challenge: To write an urban fantasy story. Form: Open Word Count: 3500   Submission Tips Please ensure your poem is clearly labelled ‘FGC’ along with the challenge number and the story name in the title of your blog post. Example: [FGC #24] MY URBAN FANTASY. Submit your story via the Mr Linky Widget. Stories linked... read more

25 Aug 2012 by Jodi Cleghorn

PROMPTed #29 Blur

PROMPTed is a weekly collection of writing prompts to inspire your writing week. The prompts are loosely grouped under a common theme and include a random line prompt, a photograph, a song/music video, a sensory suggestion and a famous quote. This month I’m working from a set of photos to assemble the prompts. This week’s photo was taken at my sister-in-law’s property at Easter time.... read more

24 Aug 2012 by Emma Venables

Finding the Story

So I’ve set myself the challenge of writing at least one short story before the summer is over and I begin my PhD in Creative Writing. It’ll get me back into the swing of writing and give me a chance to play around with some of the techniques I intend to incorporate into my future creative work. But, the question is, where to start? I’m afraid I haven’t got a character constantly nagging at me,... read more

24 Aug 2012 by Devin Watson

LMT:TMP – Shaken, Not Stirred

The Literary Mix Tapes Movie Project has been on what might appear to be a low simmer. That’s far from the truth. We’ve had a mass of developments but wanted to wait on a few things behind the scenes before writing this post. We’ve had six scripts turned in out of ten. That’s not bad. Attrition is unfortunately part of this business. We’ve lost one screenwriter, and Jodi was... read more