Absences, and More Congratulations

I'm terribly sorry to have been so absent lately. Uni has rather eaten me, what with it being exam week now and all. I hope to return to your regularly scheduled blogging next week. Until then, browse the archives, or have fun investigating all the links in my sidebar - there's some good stuff there, and it'll keep you going for a while! :)

Or why not check out this quarter's winners of the anthrofiction short story contest over at Anthrofiction Network - congratulations again to Chellie, and also to Renee, aka Poetigress, who tied for first place with two fantastic stories!

In the meantime, thanks for your patience. I'll be back soon, I promise :)

Welcome to my Sidebar: Chelle's Blog

"One writer's journey."

I thought that this week's blog review ought to be of Michelle's blog, in honour of her first publication. So, here we go :)

Who: Michelle, fondly known as Chelle, is an active member of Critique Circle and a good friend of mine with a fabulous sense of humour. According to her bio on The Shine Journal, Michelle is "wife and mother of three, teaches in Virginia, where her family and fictional characters set impossible tasks for her every day. Balancing home, work and writing, she manages to find time to get it all done." Go Chellie! :D

What: Chelle's Blog is her personal account of her journey through learning to write. You'll stumble across all the various ups and downs of a real writing career in this blog.

Where: here, or here: http://chelle.was-here.org/

Why: I started reading this blog because, well, Chelle is my friend! However, I think that this is a great blog because Chelle is absolutely, 100% honest. She discusses her road bumps frankly and approaches everything with a positivity that is contagious - I can never leave her blog without a smile :)

When: Hard to say, since this is a brand-new blog. Posting seems to be whenever Chelle has news, which averages out to slightly less than twice a week :) Welcome to the world of blogging, Michelle! :)

Congratulations!

I'd like to offer a big 'Congratulations' to Michelle Hicks, whose flash fiction Dinner Plans has just been published in the e-zine The Shine Journal. This is her first publication, so we're all massively excited for her. :)

Dinner Plans is a great little story about a woman whose husband sets her the impossible task of cooking for his mother... And interesting things ensue. Why not check it out for yourself right here?