The walk to work had never been so much fun. Yeah, it's the same road, the same buildings and slowly completed extensions. The same people heading to the same places. Recently for me, though, it became way more interesting. My wife has been listening to podcasts for months, trying to convince me to try several, … Continue reading Best Podcasts for Writers
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Jennifer Riddalls wins the Retreat West flash fiction competition
She's done it again! After winning the Farnham Flash Festival fiction competition earlier this year, Rushmoor Writers' Jennifer Riddalls has just gone and won the Retreat West flash fiction competition with a new story, Lumpen. Well done Jenni — again! You can read Lumpen here.
C.R. Berry gets shortlisted in the Grindstone Literary novel competition
Rushmoor Writers' C.R. Berry has won a place on the shortlist of the Grindstone Literary International Novel Competition 2018. He entered the first 3,000 words of his work-in-progress novel, Scuzzling, a conspiracy thriller with religious themes set in a fantasy world. The opening of Scuzzling is set to be published in a forthcoming Grindstone Literary anthology. Congrats C.R! … Continue reading C.R. Berry gets shortlisted in the Grindstone Literary novel competition
Creating an Author Platform. Is it Time to Step Up?
To kick off the Rushmoor Writers' blog series, we’re republishing an article about building an author platform written by member Helen Matthews in September 2017, a few weeks before her debut novel ‘After Leaving the Village’ was launched. In a future blog, Helen will outline how she developed these – somewhat shaky – foundations to … Continue reading Creating an Author Platform. Is it Time to Step Up?
Jennifer Riddalls wins the Farnham Flash Festival competition
Our Jennifer Riddalls has won the Farnham Flash Festival flash fiction competition with Pacing the Cage. Well done Jenni!
