Just starting to plan what I might waffle on about in my newsletter in the next six months. Any topics you'd like me to cover? Favourite topics from my suggestions below? Other suggestions - let me know!

My craft article for May is on setting a platform for change at the start of a story, thinking about the connection between starts & ends, identifying the emotional journey & preparing for an upwards climb. There may be references to trains & trainlines: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/setting-a-pl…

Ahh! Just found out that my The Welkin Writing Prize story was selected for Best Small Fictions!! I'm so incredibly honored to be in the company of all the amazing writers on this list ❤️ Thank you to the editors, and congratulations to all!

altcurrentpress.com/best-small-fic…

Absolutely thrilled for Lindy Biller that her winning story 'There are a million ways to say goodbye, and how can I possibly choose?' has been chosen for Best Small Fictions 2024.

Read it here: mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/w…

The Welkin Writing Prize Dawn Miller is revising & writing the next novel Love this so much

The Welkin Writing Prize Dawn Miller is revising & writing the next novel Just as good second time round!

The Welkin Writing Prize Thanks for the shout out!🥰

Today's #WelkinWindbackWednesdays story is 'Dead Whales are Washing Up on Beaches Everywhere' by Dawn Miller is revising & writing the next novel
mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/s…

🎇Bookings for my August 'Colourful Characters' course are OPEN!

Body Language | Senses | Voices | Perspective

Learn lots of useful techniques to bring your characters to life

5th–18th August 2024

Online, fully asynchronous

Pay-what-you-can pricing

mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourful…

ICYMI May's Mondettes as chosen by Gillian OShaughnessy

10 wonderful flashes to brighten up your Sunday!

Oh I LOVE this story!

I forgot this was happening today. A chance to revisit the 20 shortlisted micros from the Welkin Mini as I possibly / probably gear up to running the main Welkin Prize again in 2025 (funding permitting - more on that soon).

Every Wednesday for the next 20 weeks, we're going to revisit one of our 2024 shortlisted pieces for #WelkinWindbackWednesdays . First up, 'Ballgame' by Lori Cramer
mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/s…

May's #Mondettes as chosen by the brilliant Gillian OShaughnessy

10x brilliant pieces of flash fiction
10x wonderful analyses of what makes the stories tick
3x fantastic prompts

mondettes.substack.com/p/may-2024

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My May newsletter is all about creating unique characters, thinking about the different sides of what makes a character stand out from the crowd:

prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/what-makes-u…

🎇Bookings for my August Colourful Characters course are now OPEN!

Body Language | Senses | Voices | Perspective
Learn lots of useful techniques to bring all these to life

5th–18th August 2024

Online, fully asynchronous

Pay-what-you-can pricing

Writing hive mind, flash fiction suggestions please!

I'm looking for pieces that feature a character (or characters) with a disability or chronic health condition.

Either your own or from others. Links please! Freely available online.

Thanks in advance.

Last day of my latest #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb course today. Another brilliant group. A privilege to work with such incredible writers - they've made my job so enjoyable!

Anyone interested in doing this course, booking for August is now open.

My April newsletter is all about knotty sentences, thinking about sentence construction, over-clausing, prepositional overload, adjective-noun pairings, rhtyhm and flow, and 'Where's Wally?' lists.

prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/unknotting-t…

New story in the wonderful BULL about children, control, chocolate ice cream, bananas and holidays to Honduras. Hope you'll give it a read.