Writers Abroad

I have a sneaky feeling Vesna is off on some travels somewhere so may not be able to post This Week. So here it is in a nutshell...

• Nicola has provided our weekly Blog on the subject of book covers and whether they influence a potential reader.
• Alyson has provided the Monday Muse prompts which all involve stars in one way or another.
• The May Writing Challenge is still open for submissions and feedback.
• On the Bragging Stool we have Alyson with an expat piece published in The Oldie, along with Paola who also has a piece in the same issue. Well done, girls!
• The Anthology 2013 is now receiving its first submissions. Watch out for the emails from Submittable and hope the experience is an enjoyable one!
• We had an informal Chat on Sunday - sorry I couldn't make it, I did pop in but stormy internet connections got the better of me! Our next formal Chat is on Sunday 26th May via Skype
• If you are interested in reviewing books and blogging Nicola has posted in Bits and Bobs a request from Jo Parfitt

I hope you have a good writing week! 

• Angela has penned a moving weekly Blog on the subject of writers and depression. Thanks for sharing, Angela
• Jany has provided some great Monday Muses her prompts caused a lot of activity last week!
• The May Writing Challenge is open and Jill and Alyson both have shared projects for feedback so please pop in and take a look. And Rilla is posting regular one line poems on Twitter! Check her out at Rillaspoems
• The Bragging Stool is a little quiet, though I'm sure someone has some success be it large or small to share!
• The Anthology 2013 opened last Wednesday. We have a small problem with our working title as it has been used for another anthology so will be posting up your suggestions in another thread... please keep promoting under the theme of People and Places in the meantime.
• I have had five new Membership requests since the Call For Submissions went live! One is a fella so will ask him to complete the form and see what happens...

I hope you have a good writing week! 

And finally a quote about editing...

I have rewritten–often several times–every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. 

Vladimir Nabokov

As we enter the fifth month of the year, a lot is happening on Writers Abroad!

Vanessa has penned our weekly Blog on the very important subject of dialogue when writing fiction. Check out the link she provided which highlights some simple advice, but as always there is never just one answer!

Jany should be providing our Monday Muses, so check back later - a lot of musin' going on amongst our members lately - which is great!

Dianne successfully chaired our formal chat yesterday and has provided some notes in the Meeting Room. Dianne has also created our May Writing Challenge with lots of opportunity for all.

We have Laura on the Bragging Stool who has two brags both stories accepted for anthologies so well done Laura! I think Alyson was also shortlisted in the final six for a blog story competition

Finally but not least, our Anthology 2013 is now almost ready for launch off! Thanks to all for contributing to The CFS and especially to Laura and Crilly for their patience. Can;t believe it's this time of year again!

• The call for submissions will open on Wednesday 1st May, The submissions page is now finalised and links will go live then.
• Three reading groups have been allocated plus those who may wish to assess poetry submission. Let Jo know if she's made any wrong assumptions!