TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 April 12-18 Edition

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 April 12-18 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…

What to write about?

One problem that stymies novice and occasional writers is “What do I write about?” If your object is to join a contest or submit to a publication, then do check out the submission guidelines. Most contests and publications will have specific themes or subjects for each round or edition, but several will also be open…

TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 Easter Edition (April 5-11)

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 Easter Edition (April 5-11) Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to…

City Centre Community School 2015 Creative Writing Class

We finally concluded the 2015 Winter term at the City Centre Community School, where I taught a short story writing class. Of the 10 weeks + 3-week extension, we still missed 6 class days because of storms that fell every Tuesday this year, unlike last year, when they fell every Wednesday! So we really had…

Welcome to The Writing Pool™!

The Writing Pool is committed to helping writers all over the world improve their writing. Our primary service began with a Weekly newsletter: The Weekly Writing Post™, which was originally the PEIWG Weekly, published for the PEI Writers’ Guild in 2009. In 2013, the PEIWG decided that it wanted a newsletter that was exclusively for…

The Greatest Gift by Joyce Simpson

              With the snow finally disappearing and spring at last in the air it is unusual that my thoughts turn to Christmas – not just any Christmas, but the Christmas of 1984, when I received my most unusual gift. It was not a gift I had asked for, nor was it a gift that…

Advise (a poem by Anca Mihaela Bruma)

Advise Shake those deep and hypnotic dreams from your hair!… Let the purple undertones … become your rain!… Let ideas color your eyes! Let the purple mountains find your Destiny beyond your sunsets and sunrises!… Let the breath ink your Life in an Eternity portrait where your Heart relapsed in Time!… (Anca Mihaela – 10th…

TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 Holy Week Edition

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 Holy Week Edition (March 29-April 4) Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! This free weekly newsletter is filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Subscribe to the Weekly Writing Post…

TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 March 22-28 Edition

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 March 22-28 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…

TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 March 15-21 Edition

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 March 15-21 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…

TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 March 8-14 Edition

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 March 8-14 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…

TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 March 1-8 Edition

The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 March 1-8 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…