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If the answer is yes, then stay tuned as by the end of the week I’ll be announcing details of a brand new ebook which will explain how you can use Writelink to benefit your pocket.

  No more for the moment, but just make sure your Writer account is up to date as this will be f.o.c. to Writer members. Readers, you will have access to a sample chapter so you’ll be able to see why you should upgrade!
  O.K. nuff said, let’s move on to our latest Challenge,
Strangers has only just launched. We’re looking for 12 line poems on how you view the new people you meet. As usual, Writer members can enter as many times as they like without charge. Entries close 10th April.
Strangers Monthly Poetry Challenge

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Competitions

Spring Fever – Open
We’re entering the final stages of our open poetry contest. If you haven’t yet uploaded your entry, remember it must be done by the 21st March

There is a real battle going on at the top with only one vote separating the top two entries and the third entry just two behind! Don’t forget we will be publishing the top 20 entries in a print anthology. By the way, don’t worry if you haven’t many votes. Our judge is reading all entries and will be adding her own short list to that derived by the site. 
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Running Bare – Monthly Challenge – Results
Another good entry with some very original and cheeky(!) takes on the subject. The winner was KeithD’s The Wild Hunt which took the opposite angle with a much darker tale. Full results and adjudicator’s report here:
Challenge Results

Challenges – monthly and quarterly writing competitions
The two quarterly contests close on the 31st March so time to polish up your entry and think about submitting. 

We’ve £50 for the winners so well worth the effort of writing a longer piece. Check out Lighten the Dark, (fiction) and Generations, (Poetry).
Win Monthly & Quarterly Challenges 

News Bites

How to Write Your Novel and Finish it
This daily email course is still available if you missed it. Read full details in the How to write a novel in a day workshop article I’ve posted to the site. 
How to write your novel and finish it

Featured Writing Article
Our featured article this month is Mind Mapping Novels and Articles. I wrote this in response to a few emails from members who were unsure of the process. It’s a great plotting aid for novels, but I also use it extensively for article writing as it speeds up the process considerably.
Mind Mapping Novels & Articles

Chat
Our next Chat session takes place today! Our subject rooms allow for more serious topic discussion while general chat is well catered for in our Lobby and Pen & Ink snug! To join in the fun meet in the Chat room on Monday, 15th March, 7.30 pm UK time.
 Use our video guide if you are unsure about using the Chat room
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The Bit At The End

I’m pretty sure it’s true what they say about time speeding up when you get older. My little granddaughter Anniekins will be ONE tomorrow! Where did the year go? It doesn’t seem five minutes since I was waltzing her around the kitchen in a shawl, now I can’t keep her out of my waste paper bin and my monitor is covered in sticky finger prints!
  Before you know it, I’ll be tottering after her on my zimmer as she leaves the aisle on the arm of her young man
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Take care,

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