Did you miss my short story, 'Una and Coll Are Not Friends', on BBC Radio 4? Not to worry, you can listen again on iPlayer . Radio 4 call it "a magical island tale", and I hope it's just the thing to help you perk up this dreary January.
I'm thrilled to be a runner-up in the Mookychick flash contest for my poem 'Advice to Horror Girl Victims'. Can't wait to start my BUST Magazine subscription! Don't forget to read the other shortlisted entries – and the winner, of course – as they're all fascinating.
If you fancy a writing retreat in 2012, I highly recommend this contest from Myriad Editions and West Dean College. I won a few years ago and it was AMAZING. I still daydream about having all my meals made for me, the Jane Austen-esque bedroom and swimming in the outdoor pool at dusk.