A response from a new Bonzer member to our membership chairperson Wendy Ogbourne: Well, thank you Wendy for the nice welcome. My wife and I live in a gated community of almost 10,000 people in Walnut Creek, California,(called Rossmoor) and I write a weekly column for the club in our 60 page Rossmoor News published [...]
‘Letters to the Editor’
From a New Bonzer Member
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Sunday, August 1st, 2010Bonzer’s 100th Issue – Comments
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Thursday, July 1st, 2010compiled by Alan Wheatley A couple of months ago I mentioned to some well-established Bonzer writers that our centennial issue was coming up in July and invited them to send me a short comment about this event. These are their replies: From Rodney Gascoyne, Congratulations to the many members of the teams, who have produced [...]
For Writers Down-Under
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Saturday, June 26th, 2010Christina Ratcliffe, Bonzer member and free-lance editor forwards information from both The Queensland Writers Center and The Melbourne Writers Festival. From Kristina Smith, Marketing and Communications Manager, Queensland Writers Centre. Hi, I thought your members might be interested in our national Manuscript Development Program which closes on Friday 16th July at 5pm. The Queensland Writers [...]
Welcome, David in Haiku.
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010A big Welcome to Bonzer! David.(through “Davidl” and “Haiku”) It will be of great interest,(and inspiration),to Bonzer! Readers to know that David is in his nineties and only started writing in his eighties. Since then, in the name of A.R.Lewis, he has been published in some 20 anthologies, has had his work published in numerous [...]
Flag of Dominion
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010A suggestion for our flag based on dominion.
The Writing Centre
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Sunday, May 30th, 2010Christina Ratcliffe, freelance editor and one of the founders of Bonzer sends us this information. Allen & Unwin, book publishers, offer online information and help to writers in their Writing Centre at www.allenandunwin.com.au Go to the top and click “Being a Writer” . The Welcome to Writers begins: If you’re a writer, or aspire to [...]
From Christina Ratcliffe
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Saturday, May 1st, 2010Christina, freelance editor and a founding member of Bonzer, sends the following information. For our UK contributors: Writers’ and Artists’ announce two writing events. The Insider Guide to How to Get Published Conference, Saturday 19 June 2010 Due to overwhelming demand, the team behind the bestselling Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, are offering aspiring writers another [...]
Bonny Babies
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010This month’s Sayings of our Time: “Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.” That certainly rings a bell. As a publisher, I worked with authors, illustrators, editors, book designers, typesetters and printers through the long and sometimes difficult period of growing a book. It was very much akin to a pregnancy. In [...]
Help For Those Who Want It
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009My name is Ceridwyn Bloxham. I am 35 years old. I realise this is rather young for this audience, however the reason for that too will (hopefully) become clear soon… It all started, as most of them do, with a thought. A quick one, as most thoughts are. A lightning strike of a question, which, [...]
Wonderful Snippets
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2009What a beautiful picture of a spider’s web at the top of the Snippets page, Gloria. I do hope all our readers are clicking on Snippets from time to time. There’s just so much there to enjoy. With appreciation for your efforts. Wendy