Poll

With only four hours to go, it looks like the winning subject for the first special edition of Platinum Page is going to be... Letters!

Who will you write to? A family member, a newspaper, a friend, a stranger, a vicar, a councillor? Is your letter one of love, sadness, complaint, happy, news?

Lets have those letters sent to me at the usual email address, or by snail mail.

Happy writing!

New Writing North

I have had an email this morning from Liv at New Writing North. She will try to mention Platinum Page in the next New Writing North newsletter, which will be out on the 5th March.

Great news!

Freelance Market News

Details of Platinum Page will be going into the April edition of the Freelance Market News.

This is more excellent news, and I'm looking forward to the response that I get from all of this exposure.

La Scala short story competition

Equine/countryside is the theme for this short story competition. Word count is up to 2,000, closing date is 15th May 2010, and the fee to enter is £5.00. The total prize pot is worth over £1,000.

For further details, please go to:
http://lascalastudios.photium.com

Pen names

I'm interested in why people use pen names. Do you have a pen name? If so, why? How did you decide on your chosen name?

Interesting poll!

Thank you to everyone who is voting in the poll! Letters seems to be the favorite choice at the moment :)

Keep the votes coming in... but in the meantime...
Send me your letters!

Writers News Update

The article on Platinum Page will be in the April issue, which goes on sale on the 4th of March.

Exciting!

Hexham Courant Update

The feature on Platinum Page will not appear until next week. A little disappointing, so I'll just have to take Northumberland by storm next week instead.

Stay tuned!

Another comment

I received my copy yesterday and was delighted to see that one of my poems, The Winds of Winter Blew Their Blast, had been included. It´s always a thrill to see your work published, and even more so in a creative writing magazine as you are conscious that the quality of what you have written has been deemed good enough to be read by your peers. I am certain that Platinum Page will continue to grow and find its foothold in a niche market and more writers discover a magazine where they can be given opoportunities to improve their writing skills. Vivienne has done a a brilliant job in launching the magazine in these difficult times and each issue is better than the last, and I feel very proud to be in at the start of something special. Well done vivienne, you deserve all the praise you have received in this blog site. A huge hug from Spain :-)

David Urion.

Writers Groups

Writers Groups all over the North East should be opening letters tomorrow morning, from me, telling them all about Platinum Page.

I'm looking forward to seeing the interest I've generated!

A nice surprise

I have just read a poem that the writer said was from inspiration from the photograph that I took which is at the bottom of my blog.

How lovely to think I inspired it!

Thank you Ray.

A Comment

Dear Vivienne
I received your Magazine Saturday enjoyed all the stories and poems the cover photos terrific my grand daughter said they have the wow factor I would love to walk through the woods you could possibly see deer if you are quiet

By R.J. Newcastle

In the pipeline...

Thinking ahead, to having a special edition coming out, I've been thinking of different themes to have for the first one...

Poems, very popular with a lot of people - including me
Stories for Children, might be good for grandparents, parents and childminders
Letters, Dear... sounds interesting - who is the letter to and why?
Shopping, my favorite hobby
and,
Memoirs, something you'll always remember - or something you wish you could forget...

If anyone has anything suitable for any of these, please send them to me and I'll start files off.

When I have enough submissions, I'll bring out a 'special'!

Post Office

I have the third edition in hand... I will be posting it out this morning. Hope everyone enjoys it :)

Happy reading!

Hexham Courant newspaper

I have just finished speaking to a reporter from the Hexham Courant, who is going to do a feature on Platinum Page in next week's edition! The newspaper photographer is coming out tomorrow to 'shoot' me! The feature will not only be in the newspaper, but also on the Hexham Courant web-site, in the local section of Prudhoe.

Very exciting!

Writers News

I'm delighted to say that the Writers News are planning to doing a feature article on Platinum Page in their next publication. How very exciting! I will post more information as it follows...

Proof Copy

I'm pleased to say, I have seen the proof copy of the third edition of Platinum Page, and it's looking great! Can't wait to get the copies and post them out!