The Red Balloon - interactive novel in progress

The Red Balloon is a new experiment in writing a novel online with input from readers. Have your say:

Voices Anthology

For anyone who has ever lived/worked/studied in Blackburn, we're compiling an anthology of short stories and poems that include some aspect of the place.

To hear me babble about what we're looking for, visit this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00b1kyg/John_Barnes_22_09_2010

Paper Planes creative writing workshop

Unthology

An extract from my second novel will be published by Unthank Books in their Unthology on December 1st. Ah, just in time for Christmas. There is supposed to be a nice little book launch in Norwich and possibly London too!

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Game, Set Love-Match on Amazon UK Kindle

UK peoples can now download Game, Set Love-Match on Amazon UK for about £2. You don't need a Kindle either, you can view it with Amazon's free e-book reader thing.

If you do download, please review - it would help!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Love-Match-Siren-Publishing-Classic/dp/B000Q9J0JC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1281274710&sr=8-2

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Killing Daniel - update

And lo, after the gazillionth edit, Killing Daniel was sent out to publishers last week. I may do a list when I get the responses back e.g.:

Faber = Nuh-uh.
Macmillan = Nuh-uh.

Cross *everything* for me ;)

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Writers' Village: spring 2010 award

That lovely man from Writer's Village, John Yeoman, just emailed me to say that an extract from my novel Killing Daniel had won second place in the Spring Competition.

You can read the extract/view the link here:

http://www.writers-village.org/10-1-dobbs.php

Sarah
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Tyres and Lemonade

Tyres are bad things. Garages are worse things. People who put nails in your tyres because you're parking in front of their house for a few hours when there is no other place to park at work, are bad things. Mechanics who change your computer and forget to plug things back in and make your car worse, are very bad things.

Good things: Easter. A little interest in the second novel. Writing loads...

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Welcome...

Because MySpace is so passe, I have decided to infect a new blogosphere with my writing gossip.

What's new in the world of Dobbs?

- A new job at the University Centre at Blackburn College. Exciting. I get to design a new Creative Writing degree. Fun times.

- Decided to translate Drawing Alice into a stage play. Praise the lord for Script Gold.

- Taking pro-active approach on erm, actually being a writer. Result? Writing loads.

- PhD? No comment. I will get round to this before...I die.

- Submissions out and awaiting response? 3. Am I going to win the Bridport Prize? Am I buggery. But still, you've got to be in it...

Cross those fingers!

Sarahx