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Hi everyone,  this is just to let you all know that the Wine and Reading evening held at Bebington Library to raise funds for the library was well attended. And that we contributed several very well received pieces.   My thanks go to Arthur, Laura, Allan and Helen for coming along on such a rainy evening. I must say we were the only group to keep to the theme of love. There was however some quite quirky writings produced which cause some chuckling. Chris

Here's a link to my story, Ship of Fools, which has now appeared on Kasma SF magazine. http://www.kasmamagazine.com/ship-of-fools.html I'm especially pleased about the art by Jose Baetas. I got a real buzz from seeing how an artist visualised the story, and it is pretty much exactly how I saw it in my minds eye.

Greetings and Salutations to all members and followers of Wirral Writers. I hope you are all making ambitious and focussed New Year's resolutions that will lift your writing talents to new heights in 2013. I have a story sale to announce! It gets my year off to a cracking start. 'Ship of Fools' has just been accepted by Kasma SF Magazine , and will appear in the February issue. Thank you all for the feedback that helped me to hone this one into a saleable story. I will tell more at our first meeting of the year on Friday 4th January.

Here's a video I came across the other day that was discussed in a podcast I was listening to. I wish I'd known about it years ago The video is by Dan Wells, and it was delivered at a writing symposium in 2010.   It is gold dust .   The link takes you to the first of five parts. Once you've watched part one you will want to listen to the rest, I guarantee it. (As an aside, the podcast I was listening to was The First Million Words . It's worth subscribing. You should also try Writing Excuses where you'll find Dan Wells popping up again.)

Wirral Writers now have a Twitter account. Follow our writing adventures on @Wirralwriters.

Here's a link to a competition the BBC are running. http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/the-writers-prize Worth having a look especially if you have a radio script you want to polish up and send. Mike