Mistel Tan: Somerset’s festive connection with the Welsh Borders
I’ve just returned from a brief trip to Somerset, where I’d been invited to talk to readers of The People’s Friend and My Weekly magazines. They held it at the …
Pitch Perfect
Time is money, so submitting articles to magazines speculatively does not make business sense. Instead, professional writers pitch their ideas first. They approach an editor with their article idea, and …
Mail Order Mogul
Napoleon may have called the British a nation of shopkeepers, but it was a young 19th century Welsh draper who turned the British into a nation of mail-order shoppers. On …
Time Zones
Will the clocks going back an hour disrupt your writing schedule? Simon Whaley suggests this is the perfect time to review your time management. On Sunday 31st October, something magical …
Clee Hill Snapper
I’ve been dog-sitting recently, so my daily walks have taken me to a different part of Shropshire. Still snapping the weather, though!
Snappy September
After such a grey August, we finally have some sunshine! So, I took it as an opportunity to climb Ragleth Hill and enjoy the views. It was a touch hazy …
A Worldwide Presence
With so many social media channels, do writers still need a website? Simon Whaley chats to two writers about how their websites meet their needs. Twenty-seven years ago, on 13th …
Slippery Steps
It’s been a grey old August and the last day of the month was just as grey, although it did rain, for a change!