It’s been a while since I have posted anything other than a review of David R’s rather wonderful novel, The Handshaker, on either the Arena or as a blog. It’s not that I’m not writing anymore, although some might thing that is... Read more

Okay, so after a few days of being unable to blog because I'd upgraded my Internet Explorer from 8 to 9, I am now back on 8 (which is annoying because I've lost Timeline on facebook) and able to blog again.   Now I don't know if resident autho... Read more

After the mix up between Tess and myself over the last WOM and a lot of lost e:mails with the latest WOM, Helen's Q&A's as December's nominee are finally on the forum for anyone who would like to take a look. Thank you.

After spending a lot of time not writing for one reason or another over the last few months, I am now writing on a daily basis, which is one of the reasons I haven’t spent a lot of time on here lately. I’ve been busy working on a couple o... Read more

Ok, so it looks as though my questions and answers still haven’t gone on the forum for October’s WOM. But I still have my piece. Here it is. I had to hold it back because it only took pace on Friday night. It’s not what I wanted&nbs... Read more

I've been nominated by Tess to be October's WOM. I'm told I'm suppose to answer some questions, which I have done, and post a piece of work. I was wondering if I post on the forums page, as a blog, or on the arena? I have looked at the foru... Read more

Bob posted a piece of flash fiction on the arena last week. The challenge was to start with the words, The door swung open, and finish with the words, The door swung shut. And you only have 200 words to play with. I don't usually go with flash fict... Read more

First of all I'd like to thank those of you who read my previous blog and then were kind enough to tip-toe over to the Arena and review Blackout for me. I had some really constructive comments that have been saved to Word for use when I review the pi... Read more

In my previous blog I talked about the lack of posts and reviews on the Arena and Sue commented that we can actually ask other members to read our work when we have posted it up. I never thought of doing this - never wanted to sound ch... Read more

It seems as though the arena is becoming a bit of a graveyard of late. In the last few months I’ve only read stories from Tess, Tachles, Scoop (the last of which was a witch’s story but my computer crashed before I could review it) and mo... Read more