A monthly round-up of flash and short fiction writing courses, workshops and events from your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents.
Writer | Editor | Teacher. Stories in Cheap Pop, Craft Literary, FlashBack Fiction, New Flash Fiction Review, Reflex Fiction, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, the Biffy50 list, & the Wigleaf Top 50.
'Fix' your fiction by focusing on the joy. Writing exercises, observations, glimmers, and creative curiosities from an award-winning author and editor.
Welcome to my free monthly Highly Irregular writing newsletter - and free audio serialisation of my new book, from Dec 31st 2025! Full/paid subscribers also receive an Unbox Your Words post each month, with writing provocations/prompts & exercises.
WestWord is a lit mag and community for writers. We run inspiring writing workshops and courses dedicated to fiction.
Like a meal of small plates, Writing Talk ranges across the good, the bad, and the funny of the writing life. Writing craft insights, ideas on creativity, prompts and exercises, thoughts, opinions, and witterings.
The Mindful Writer is where we live and write more mindfully and use our words to bring more peace, love and unity to the world.