So you wanna write, do you?

Two links for you to look at, if you're feeling inclined to write a story or two.

First, Jason of Clarity of the Night is hosting another of his 250 word competitions, this one entitled "Whispers, short fiction contest". As always, Jason's competition is based on a picture, in this case, the one below.


Jason's flash fiction competitions are becoming something of a legend in blogosphere and aside form exercising a bit of creative muscle, you also get to connect with lots of other bloggers. It's fun, give it a whirl. Rules can be found here. Deadline is 27th February 2008.

What me? Yes, of course I've written something - you can find it HERE. It's called The Oneness of the Infinitree.

And then I found this via Minx and Kat Campbell on Peach's site


Entitled "You're Not the Only One" it is about connecting bloggers and raising money for charity.

Peach says this on her blog:

We would like you to submit (to us at bloggersforcharity@yahoo.co.uk) a written piece about something you've been through from any aspect of your life that you want to share. It can literally be about anything: your relationships, your past, a road not taken, being a parent, an illness or your regrets etc. We've called it "You're Not The Only One" to reflect the camaraderie of blogging.

Proceeds will go to WARCHILD, a UK based charity that helps children all over the world. The book will be published through lulu.com. This is a no upfront fee internet publishing site who will take £4.70 per book sold if we make it no longer than 200 pages. We're pricing the book at £9 so £4.30 will go to straight to the charity. Because the cost lulu.com takes goes up according to how many pages we want published, we do have to stick to the 200 page limit so we can't guarantee you'll get your submission in for sure and the absolute maximum length for submission is 1500 words (but we’d rather not have too many at that length. In fact you may stand more chance if your piece is on the less wordy side).

Deadline is 29th February 2008. Rules can be found here.

So, what are you waiting for, get writing.

And no, I'm not sure yet what I'm going to submit to Peach - I might submit this, or I might write a new variation on the same theme.