'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.

It sounds like a great title for a novel, but it;s far more than that. The Emerald Bookshelf is the pop-up initiative from local writer, traveller and mum, Sandy Bennett-Haber.