It's fairly quiet on the writing front at the moment, so I figured it was time to post a Bhola update: the all-important education and training we aim for all the children to experience.

'My Mother Is An Artist' is community celebrating the unique lives and many talents of creatives who are also mothers - visual artists, makers, writers, dancers, actors and anyone who creates art.

So much of writing is a leap of faith. Working without a specific contract or commission is the norm for most aspiring authors, and increasingly so even for those already published.  

I may have mentioned this before but I’m not a natural short story writer. I love to read them, and I’m constantly amazed at the skill other authors show, especially with very short fiction.

WriteRight's online magazine, Lothian Life has a regualr feature called Words With...interviewing 'ordinary' people who do extraordinary things.  One such person is Wendy Bough, the force behind the Caledonia Novel Award.