Category Archives: News

The Short Story Writer’s Toolshed

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Peter

Does anyone remember my Writer’s Toolshed series in Writers’ Forum magazine?  It ran for a year and was a series of features focused on writing and selling the magazine short story. Well here’s some good news if you missed it. … Continue reading →

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Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Della Galton

I recently did a feature for the People’s Friend about Battersea Dog and Cats Home to tie in with  ITV1’s series, Paul Grady: For the Love of Dogs.  The feature comes out in People’s Friend on October 20th, but in … Continue reading →

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More Daily Della

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Peter

A friend of mine told me recently that you can’t have too much love in your life, and so with this in mind I’m pleased to announce that as of today there are two more romantic Daily Della short story … Continue reading →

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More By Love Than Judgement – another Daily Della title!

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Peter

Remember a few weeks back I released two short story anthologies on ebook? Well they’ve proved to be so popular I feel compelled to bring out a third. I present to you More By Love Than Judgement – five more of … Continue reading →

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Ten Thousand Sales Later… (Guest Post by Peter Jones)

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Peter

Fifteen months and 10,000 sales after its initial release, friend and fellow author Peter Jones releases the second edition of his best-selling self-help book How To Do Everything and Be Happy. To say he’s pleased might be something of an understatement. Tell us more about … Continue reading →

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Daily Della – Short Story Anthologies

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Della Galton

I have finally caught up with the technological age and had a bright idea. Well, it does occasionally happen! That comment was directed at my mum, by the way, who is shaking her head in disbelief. I have persuaded a … Continue reading →

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Writing Flash Fiction

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Della Galton

I’m running a day course on writing flash fiction soon, Saturday 28 April in Bournemouth if you’re interested!  There are more and more competitions and markets for it – so what is it exactly? This is harder to define than … Continue reading →

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More on rejections and how to kickstart your creativity!

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Della Galton

I’ve loved reading everyone’s thoughts about rejections. I read an interesting feature recently, wish I could remember where, about how rejections can’t really exist.  It wasn’t related to writing, it was related to trying new things, but it could easily … Continue reading →

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And the winner of the 250 word Flash Fiction Competition is…..

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Della Galton

The New Year Resolution That Went Wrong by Karla Brecon You don’t look too clever, Trace? Don’t feel it, Marge. What happened to you? Last year’s New Year’s Resolution, that’s what! Which was? Just say no.  And I did.  To … Continue reading →

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Today is Publication Day!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Della Galton

Today (January 5th, 2012) is publication day of my new book, and I am so excited.  Even though I know everyone else in the universe won’t know and won’t care and the momentous news will pass without comment. But I … Continue reading →

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