Supporting Jeans for Genes

Supporting Jeans for Genes
50 prompts
12 hrs
No preparation
Flash fiction
The Plan: To write as many flashes within 12hrs
I’m looking for sponsors to sponsor me in a 12hr flash-a-thon for Jeans for Genes day, which I’ll be doing through The Grail writers’ site: http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_Grail
Flashing will take place between 11am and 11pm on Friday 6th October 2006.
Sponsors can be for the whole event or per flash. All funds to go to Jeans for Genes.
Every penny counts.
If you would like to sponsor me, you can pay your sponsor money through Paypal or email me to post a cheque/postal order
If paying by Paypal please state that you are sponsoring Nickers/Claire
Paypal: thegrail ( AT ) ntlworld.com
Email me: cj002e7644 ( AT )blueyonder.co.uk
All those taking part will post their flashes as they write them on The Grail’s website: http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_Grail
OR, would you like to take part? Join The Grail forum now and sign up.
I thank you for your time,
Claire.

Did you know...

•in the UK, one baby in every 33 is born with a genetic disorder or birth defect – that’s one born every 30 minutes whose life could be affected?

• there are over 4,000 recognised genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and ‘baby in the bubble’ syndrome?

• much more pioneering research is needed and that costs millions of pounds? Genetic diseases range widely in severity. Some have very little impact on the affected person’s life, while others are devastating and can lead to severe disability and even death in childhood. The only existing long term treatment for some forms of the more severe disorders is a bone marrow transplant (BMT). This is a highly risky procedure and is dependent on finding a suitable bone marrow donor and the child being well enough to undergo chemotherapy. For the majority of children with disorders which can be treated with a BMT, actually undergoing this procedure is not possible. New therapies, such as gene therapy, are currently being developed and have the potential to revolutionise the way genetic disorders are treated. It does not rely on finding a donor and recent breakthroughs are giving many families enormous hope that a cure for their child’s disorders is not too far away. Your support of Jeans for Genes will help to speed up the development of these pioneering new therapies.http://www.jeansforgenes.com

Twisted Tongue Flash Fiction Competition

Twisted Tongue's flash fiction competition ends 1st October. This will be TT's 3rd competition, prizes are now determined by entry fee, fixed percentage for fist place etc. (Min prize £20 for first place) Past winners are listed on the website.
Basic guidelines:
Word count: 500
Theme: Open
Fee: £1.50
Multiple entries are accepted.
Winners are published in Twisted Tongue magazine.
View website for complete details: http://www.twistedtongue.co.uk/competition.htm

A Simple Return...

Hello there, I'm back. After several months of health problems, I've finally managed to get back into the swing of things. My writing has suffered over these months, but I'm determined to get back at it.

Where to start, I have no idea! I'll have to read through my journal and see where I was... I dread to think how much I need to catch up on. For now I have a few announcements to make... will do those in a separate post though.

Brief update. A while ago I mentioned that a publisher was looking at my first novel, Barry... well, my novel was long-listed... but didn't make the cut. Never mind, I'm re-editing the novel and I plan to send it back out as soon as I can. Before you ask, I'm not disappointed... I'm well chuffed that the publishers actually asked to read the full novel. Maybe it was too gross for them... maybe I overdone the bad language... who knows, but there's no way I'm giving up on it.

I've started a new novel, Mirror Girl. I've been posting these chapters on UKAuthors - they still need a good edit though. A group of us on UKA has decided to Write A Novel In A Year (WANIAY), this started at the beginning of September, we set our own goal, mine is 70k, which means I must write 5,800 words per month to achieve this. I'm glad to say I've reached this months target.

I've just thought, I need to update my novel lengths above... will get onto that soon.

From the first of October I'll be starting another novel, this one I'm writing through NAY. This one is taken from a short story I had written. I'm not sure where to start yet... I'll worry about that next month.

And erm... I'm signed up to NANO too... write a novel in a month, well reach 50k words in a month... I don't have a clue what I'm doing for this one though.

So, that's three novels planned. Short story wise, I'm hoping to get time to edit some old ones and send them off to some mags... otherwise I'll be writing at least one new one per month as part of the Targeting thread on The Grail forum. Oh yeah, I'm also doing a flash-a-thon in a fortnight... will post more details soon.

And here was me saying I'm gonna take things slowly... and I've got two writers magazines to work on...

But at least the kids are back to school! So yippee!

Catch you all laters.