Category: Inspiration

Hi all! Here is May’s Peeking Cat Perspectives. Here’s how it works:1. Take a look at the image below and write something inspired about it. It can be a poem, prose, or just a few lines.2. Submit your writing by commenting on this blog post. All posts are moderated just so that we don’t get […]

Hi all! Here is April’s Peeking Cat Perspectives. Here’s how it works: 1. Take a look at the image below and write something inspired about it. It can be a poem, prose, or just a few lines. 2. Submit your writing by commenting on this blog post. All posts are moderated just so that we […]

Hi all! Here is the first Peeking Cat Perspectives. I’m really excited for this and hope lots of people will join. Here’s how it works: 1. Take a look at the image below and write something inspired about it. It can be a poem, prose, or just a few lines. 2. Submit your writing by […]

Hello all! I’m writing today to talk to you about a new feature I’m considering adding to the website: Peeking Cat Perspectives. This is just something for fun, and it involves one image and a whole lot of poems and prose!

One of my friends bought me a pack of fridge poetry for Christmas, so this evening I thought I’d take a break from my laptop and play with magnets instead. In case you haven’t come across them before, Fridge Poetry Magnets are little magnetic words and you can use them to make poetry, get some […]

I think everyone should have their own happy place. Somewhere where we can retire by ourselves, or be surrounded by loved ones, or even complete strangers - whatever works for us. A place where we can either forget about our problems or give ourselves the time and space we need to reflect and analyse. A place that […]

Who says you have to have a pen in your hand or a Word document open in order to be productive? You might be in a place or situation where you’re not able to sit down and write uninterrupted, you might be stuck on where to take your story or what to write about next, […]

One of the things I sometimes struggle with is coming up with new writing ideas that nobody else has written about before. More than once I have explained one of my plot ideas to my partner, only to be told that a writer or movie maker has already beaten me to it and created something […]

Submitting to literary magazines can be a bit of a minefield, to say the least. Literary database Duotrope has around 6,000 poetry, fiction and non-fiction publications listed on its website, and there are probably many more in existence that aren’t listed in this directory. Some are online only, some only appear in print, some don’t accept […]