Fi Phillips

So are you doing anything different with your writing in 2015, or are you walking the same path as before? Has your mindset switched up a gear, or are you still focused on those goals that you had in 2014? In 7 questions that will transform your writing in the new year , writer Jennie Nash offers up a new way to approach our writing that covers competition, marketing and story structure, amongst other topics. Have a look. Mac Barnett's TED talk - Why a good book is a secret door

So we've a new royal baby on our hands (and in all the newspapers), a little, so far un-named prince. The best thing of all (beyond the gleeful smiles on his parents' faces as they presented him to the press for the first time) is the way this new arrival seems to have stopped the world for a short time and brought people together. I wonder what he'll see in his lifetime. Do you use beta readers to try out your writing? I found a wonderful article on just that subject in the Compose literary journal. Written by Jennie Nash, it's titled The Book Club Beta Test .