My 'pin drop' cover wasn't high res enough so I had to change it. Such fun!  I had my first proper book launch in the libra...

My first post of Funny Submissions Guidelines went down well, so here are a few more entertaining ones. These are all markets for short fic...

As a regular entrant to (and occasional winner of) writing competitions it was eye-opening to be administrator of a poetry competition rec...

Like a new pet or a small child, you know that when I'm quiet I'm 'up to something'. Fear not! I haven't been chewin...

Me & McGough with matching poetry pants You know that scene in ' Outbreak ' when the carrier sneezes in the cinema? There wa...

I've been busy with many things so, here's a whistle-stop catch-up of the peaks and troughs, the ups and downs, the rounds and about...

Me with the lovely Levi Tafari I mentioned my fine plans of submitting vast numbers of poems and stories for publication in   Out There ...

I'm off poetry. I am. I've been in a few poetry-related situations recently which have made me think of hanging up my haikus and sho...

Roses are red Violets much less Poetry24 is one today Happy Birthday to us! Just over a year ago, fellow blogger Martin Hodges from Square ...

This is not about eggs, or, indeed curates.*  It's about my first 'proper' review, which was, sadly, 'mixed'. My fee...

Simon Armitage* was the first contemporary poet I took a shine to when I stopped regarding poetry as a secret compulsion and started submitt...

I'm delighted to announce that the normally shy and retiring Fran - author of the very funny and popular ' Being Me ' blog - has...

Now I don't want to risk monopolizing National Poetry Day (today folks!) but I just thought I'd mention that this year's theme i...

My series of posts last year on short forms of writing was incomplete - it covered the shortest of short stories , tiny rhymes , haiku and ...

Have you heard of 'found' poetry? It's when you see something written down that's not supposed to be poetry but has some kin...

Even if I haven't been on my own blog much lately, I'm all over the web like a rash: My poem Division of the Spoils won 2nd place in...

Last week was a rollercoaster ride - with both the queasy 'wanna get off' descents where you leave your heart somewhere and the ...

I was going to post this last week, but I didn't want to put anyone (you know who you are!) off their first big performance... Just when...

I promised you there'd be an announcement here today - and here it is: BREAKING NEWS: Poetry24 is a brand-new blog for news-related and...

(I have my 'serious face' on today.) When I was in Prague in December, I saw a small memorial on St Wenceslas Square to a 20-year o...