Author Archives: oldhamwritinggroup

by Bonnie Meekums I thought I had finally completed my second novel in 2020, but on sending it out to agents I received no actual takers (one did ask for a full manuscript, and even gave feedback, but the trail went cold when I resubmitted). It’s a historical novel, set in the Second World War.Continue reading “The Keeper of Stories”

By Dan Forrester I’ve never been able to juggle. It seemed safer to leave it to those who saw the point, while I could get on with more productive things. Things that would be less likely to cause accidents at home. Now I wish I’d learned. As 2020 came to a close, my writing projectsContinue reading “Juggling Balls”

by Joy Mutter This will be my second foray into the frenetic world of NaNoWriMo. I debated whether to take part again as I’m a full-time indie author who writes daily anyway. I decided to join in again as last year’s challenge concentrated my mind more than happened in the other eleven months. I’ve oftenContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2020 and Me”

by Bonnie Meekums I found out about NaNoWriMo by accident. I can’t quite remember how it happened, but I found myself turning up, at Oldham Library, in early November 2018, feeling a more than a bit nervous.  I had drafted my first novel by the end of 2017. In 2018, I sent out my draftContinue reading “How joining NaNoWriMo turned me into a published novelist”

by Jennifer Joyce I joined Oldham Writing Group a year ago, just as they were getting ready for Nanowrimo. I knew what Nano was. I’d even contemplated taking part year after year, but I was always in the middle of a draft or at the editing stage of a book. I’d already started the firstContinue reading “Getting Ready For Nano2020”

by Miriam Islam Nanowrimo Is upon us once more. ‘Tis the season to be  writing tra la la la’ It’s the time for  literary champions and ‘pants on fire’ humans to rise again. Twas The occasion to make merry ;down the ink laden wine, and join  the characters under metaphorical mistletoe….Please excuse all my poor ChristmasContinue reading “Death of a Dream”

by Jo Harthan

By Carolyn Crossley I am so sorry to be late with this blog post, but here we are on the 15th September 2020 and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is looming on a lot of writers’ horizons we have only one and a half months to go until launch.  If it wasn’t for NaNo IContinue reading “Better Late Than Never”

by Sue Cook I joined Oldham Writing Group a year ago. I needed to find a local group with the same goals as me, and this fitted the bill. The first Thursday I turned up to the meeting in the library I was shell-shocked. Some of the writers had agents and publishers. Others had self-publishedContinue reading “Plan on Winning NaNoWriMo?”

by Jacqueline Ward November means Nanowrimo. National Novel Writing Month. The time when I write 50000 words in 30 days. Which isn’t novel length, and the length isn’t the only thing that’s different. I really look forward to November. It’s just after my birthday, just before Christmas and it’s usually cold. So when I discovered NanoContinue reading “November”