1: Writing historical fiction in March  and Editing for writers in May,  from the Queensland Writers Centre
2: Queensland Premier’s Writing Awards Entry Forms and details are available in May - go to the website
3: The Freshwater QCWA is having a Poetry and Pasta on the 29th of May at 6.30pm at their hall (Next to [...]

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Twitter is a social media platform that is here to stay. Many people poo-poo
Twitter claiming it’s a colossal waste of precious time and no one wants to hear what
other people had for dinner. Others claim Twitter has helped them land jobs. Still others
say that because of their Twitter use they’ve seen a surge in income. [...]

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Keyword Country Reviewed
Better Than Other Keyword Tools?
After trying a lot of keyword research tools in the market, I came across Keyword Country…
and it would be safe to say that Keyword Country is the most comprehensive and most complete keyword research tool I have ever seen.
Keyword Country connects to major search engines for keyword research (including [...]

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Here’s another competition for you to get your writing sticks out for.  Lyrical Passions is a poetry ezine that runs frequent competitions with small entry fees and cash prizes. Scam? Maybe, but it is cheap to enter, guess you need to try it and form your own opinion. The current competition is for a Tanka [...]

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As a freelance writer, coming up with new words and ideas can become tedious and difficult. Recently, I found a simple little software tool that has boosted my productivity enormously.
Article ideas is a tool which extracts snippets of articles on any topic you request. Enter a topic, and an optional subtopic, select how many results [...]

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