short story writing

The results are in for our 6th and last round of this series of micro-fiction writing competitions. It’s sad to see the competition series come to an end but I’m excited to say that we now have 60 stories for our second Mum Life Stories Anthology, which is shaping up to be a number 1 best seller (hey, I can dream can’t I?) Let’s see if I can get it finished and published by Mothers Day. It surely makes the best Mothers Day gift and an all-round beautiful keepsake. Wish me luck as life just seems to get busier and busier.

Quick snap shot of whats been happening for me! I recently moved my little family over 1400km’s away to the suburbs of Brisbane city, to be closer to my nearly 20-year-old twin boys and provide my daughter with more opportunities for study and work. We are loving it so far but it has meant a very busy life and not a lot of time for writing or creating. Looking forward to getting back into it all very soon.

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The results are in for our second last round of this series of micro-fiction writing competitions. I’m excited to say there’s only 1 more round before production begins on the second Mum Life Stories Anthology, which is shaping up to be a number 1 best seller (hey, I can dream can’t I?) so that means only one more chance to get your story included in the book. Get your thinking caps on and let’s fill the end of the anthology with tales our readers will remember long after they put it down (but let’s hope they can’t put it down).

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The results are finally in! After some deliberation and some technical difficulties getting onto one of our winners, we now have all the bio’s and author’s statements from our 3 wonderfully talented writers. Read their brilliant stories below and don’t forget to sign up to the email list so you can be notified when round 5 begins.

There’s only 2 more rounds before production begins on the second Mum Life Stories Anthology, so that means you have two more chances to get your story included in the book. So start brainstorming idea’s for the round 5 (Teenage Years) now so you don’t miss the deadline. Round 5 will begin sometime within the next 2 weeks, so stay tuned.

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My apologies for the delay in getting these results out. I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew this year. Besides having the kids full time now, I’ve got work, study and the blog, plus I’ve started a new business…Again! It’s taken me a while to find my groove with something that I can make myself that doesn’t require copious hours of physically demanding activity and that fits with all the things I love to create, but I think I’m finally in my element. I’ve combined my love of boho & rustic decor into a business, making and selling just that. I’ll do a special feature article on it soon, but for now, you can check out my Etsy store (BohoJo’s Decor) if you like at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BohoJosDecor or follow the store on Facebook or Instagram!

Now onto the important stuff.

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Well I hope you have all had a great Christmas and holiday time. We had a quite one, just me and my 5 and a lovely video chat with my family over in Western Australia. We ate way too much food, spoiled the kids and made a mess of the house, but isn’t that half the fun of this time of year? As much as I’m sure you love hearing all about my Christmas, I’m sure your even more eager to hear about the winners of round 2 (Series 2) of the Micro Fiction Writing Competition.

Thank you to everyone who entered our 2nd round of series 2, of the Micro Fiction Writing Competition. This round was themed ‘Infancy’ and writers had just 500 words to create a tale to enthral us. They certainly did that. As always, the entries were all amazing and picking just 3 winners was a tough task. I’d love to make everyone a winner but alas, it wouldn’t be a competition then, would it? Congratulations once again to all our shortlisted stories this month. If you missed the previous post containing the shortlist, you can find it HERE or just see the list below.

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It’s finally that time you’ve all been waiting for. My apologies for how long it has taken to get this post out, I know you’ve all been waiting eagerly to find out who the winners of our 1st round of the second series of micro fiction writing competitions are. Life has been, for lack of a better word “stressful” of late and in the worst timing. It has been difficult but I revel in the knowledge that it will all become part of the grand Mum Life Story that I might just tell one day.

Thank you to everyone who entered our 1st round of series 2, of the Micro Fiction Writing Competition. As always, the entries were all amazing. Picking just 3 winners was an agonising task to say the least. I’d love to make everyone a winner but alas, it wouldn’t be a competition then, would it? Congratulations once again to all our shortlisted stories this month. If you missed the previous post containing the shortlist, you can find it HERE or just see the list below.

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