This week I honoured a promise made on #writingchat
#writingchat is weekly meet up on twitter, Wednesday 2000 hours UK time for writerly types. There are some great people there – come along. Just use the hashtag.
I submitted a short story into a competition for the first time. I am not telling you which one. I will report back once the results are published.
Actually, I promised to enter and win a writing competition in 2016.
Although, I am convinced that the story is, in fact, a masterpiece, I am prepared to accept that it is unlikely to win. I can’t win the first competition that I enter, surely?
Therefore, I am working on several ideas at the moment. Naturally, I am scouring the literary world for competitions with extremely few entrants.
I have even written a poem.
No. Really. I have. I am going to enter that into a competition too.
One thing that has come from the entering of competitions is that I have started to use ‘Red Pen’, an editing system and ProWritingAid, an app. I will post a review here soon.
Before I go…
Further to my post about medical studies, I came across another on twitter this morning, courtesy of @lifehacker and @beccacaddy all about people over 65 and sarcasm. The study found that the over 65s don’t get it. Really?
Most of the over 65s I know can cut me to shreds with sarcasm.
