Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated

On 01/09/201830/08/2018 By stuartakenIn Creative Writer, Fiction, Prizes2 Comments

Time to remind you the writing contest table has been updated. It lives on the ‘Resources’ page. You’ll notice there remain some details for 31st August. That’s because this post had to be scheduled, as I’m away from home (and therefore offline) until 4th September, when I’ll delete the older lines. I’m at the launch …

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The #Writing’s Done. What Now?

On 15/08/201817/08/2018 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Mars, Progress3 Comments

I’ve spent the better part of three years on a project, writing a novel each year, and found the void at the end of that process strangely debilitating. So, what do I do know? Fantastic Books Publishing launched Blood Red Dust, book 1 of the Generation Mars series, on 18th October 2016. War Over Dust, …

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Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated

On 01/07/2018 By stuartakenIn Creative Writer, Prizes

Time for your monthly reminder that the writing contest table has been updated. It lives on the ‘Resources’ page. As I write this, the table lists 132 different contests, many of them international, for Short Stories, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Biography, Plays, Reviews, Essays, and Novels. Some of these are free to enter and offer prizes …

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Progress on the WIP: #SciFi in the Making.

On 14/03/2018 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Mars, Progress

It’s been an interesting week, but then most weeks this year have borne an element of surprise, frustration, despair, joy or paranoia. The important aspect, considering this post, is that I’ve put 8 chapters through the first content edit, reaching a total of 16,555 words in the current document. There’ll be a second content edit …

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