The RNA is famous for its parties and this year's was a great one. These parties share some elements of a traditional school reunion - we catch up with people we might not have seen for years, we share successes, we commiserate with those who haven't had such a great year, we chatter and gossip and network, and we generally have a good time. I always come away from an RNA party feeling energised and optimistic.
As a member of the successful Devon-based team CreativeWritingMatters there was a lot of networking to do. CreativeWritingMatters currently runs competitions for both novelists and writers of short stories, we organise workshops and we write books. Yes, following the success of The Creative Writing Student's Handbook, we're branching out into publishing and have more titles in the pipeline. So check out our website from time to time and see what is new?
We're delighted and honoured to have the bestselling novelist Trisha Ashley involved in our short story competition - The Exeter Story Prize - next year. All the details of the competition are on our website at www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk and we can promise the inaugural awards ceremony in October 2015 will be quite a party, with plenty of events to interest writers in all genres.
But long before October we'll be hosting an event during which the second Exeter Novel Prize will be awarded. This will be in the spring and will also be a party. We hope writers from Devon and beyond will join us and enjoy the day. Last year's event was a big success so we're determined to repeat it!
Here's a photograph taken by Liz Harris of the CreativeWritingMatters team with the literary agent Broo Doherty, who will be judging the Exeter Novel Prize. Left to right, Margaret, Broo, Sophie and Cathie. We'll look forward to meeting you in Devon in the spring!
But in the meantime - happy reading and writing!
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