Links
Writing sites
BBC Get Writing - all good stuff
Education Portal - directory of free online writing courses
OU Learning Space - some excellent creative writing modules here
Story - dedicated to promoting petite fiction
Random Acts of Writing - tip-top Scots short and flash fiction magazine
http://www.short-fiction.co.uk - Short Fiction, over 1,100 short stories in all genres
Story - 'the' short story website...
Fiction on the Web - Charlie Fish's long-running short fiction website
The Beat - short fiction showcase run by a couple of lovely folk
Brittle Star - a lovely shiny thing
Libbon - a 'high quality magazine for those who like to read as well as write short stories'. We see no reason to disagree!
Dark Tales - spooky, basically.
Writers Reign - 'the' place for aspiring writers, you know!
http://www.short-fiction.co.uk - Short Fiction, over 1,100 short stories in all genres
Writing competitions
JBWB - regularly updated list here
Sally Quilford - regularly updated list here too
Miniwords 2008 - cool little competition, open until the end of May 08
Useful applications
Weebly - free website creation software
Widgetbox - all the html you can eat
Apparel, as our American cousins say:
Inky Sod - teeshirts of distinction
Brevity
One Sentence - true stories, told in one sentence
Four Word Film Review - self-explanatory, really
100 Words - write 100 words a day, every day for a month
Daily Tale: a brief story a day for a year, all written by the same person...
Biscuits, breakfast and their side-effects
BlokeDiet- a blog about a bloke on a diet
Nice cup of tea and a sit down- biccies, basically
Egg, bacon, chips and beans - one man's quest to find the perfect fry-up
Pimp That Snack - choccie bars, embiggened, basically