Video of my Tiny House

Today I managed to upload a short (8  minute) video of my new tiny house.

I actually recorded the video 3 months ago back in November 2013. This was before we actually moved into the house the following month which was late December.

We were going to wait a few years before we actually moved into the house b/c it's a fixer-upper and we planned to retire here eventually, after we fixed it u[.

But after several months of travelling between the two houses (which were over an hour's drive apart) and paying two mortgages and two lots of bills, we grew weary of the whole thing.

Also we loved being at the small house more than we liked being at home. So in November 2013 we put our bigger house on the market and it sold in just 6 days. Late in December, we moved into our small house for good.

And now I have uploaded the short video that I filmed of our small house.

You'll notice as you watch it that I am really bad at videoing, so you'll just have to try and watch it around my shaking and not-very-well-aimed camera work.

The link to the video is:
http://youtu.be/B6WEV4-2R3U

Or you can watch it below:

BBC Short Story Submissions

Opening Lines run by the BBC in the UK is currently looking for short stories to be broadcast on the radio.

The competition is open to any writer who hasn't been previously published on radio.

You can only submit one story and it must be between 1,900 and 2,000 words and this is rigid (b/c it has to fit a 14 minute reading slot) and should be strong on narrative and not have too much description, dialogue or digression.

This competition closes on 14th February so you don't have much time. But for any writer worth his/her salt, this should be plenty of time to write a short story.

Writers of the short listed stories will be notified by 16th May.

You can read the full submission guidelines and read previous stories that were broadcast at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tmq5

Free Fiction Writing Course

Start writing fiction

This free writing course is intended for those with an interest in starting to write fiction or improving their fiction writing, and does not require any previous experience of studying this subject.

Starts on 28 April

Duration: 8 weeks

Time Required: 3 hours pw

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/start-writing-fiction

Run by the Open University.

Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2014 Short Story Competition

For published and aspiring writers alike - enter the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2014 short story competition and you could win:

• a cash prize of £500
• a place on an Arvon residential writing course of your choice
• publication of your story on www.writersandartists.co.uk

You have the chance to win £500, plus a place on an Arvon writing course of your choice! All you have to do is enter a short story (for adults) of no more than 2,000 words, on the theme of 'the visit'.

The closing date is midnight on Saturday 15th February 2014. The winners of the competition will be announced on this site in March 2014.

Read the rest of the rules at https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions before you enter.