Are you an aspiring writer? Enter Marie-Claire magazine’s Inspire and Mentor competition and you may end up with me as your personal tutor. This will involve lots of chatting, some help and advice, and probably some talk about biscuits, as well as literary stuff. Anyway, give it a go. I can think of lots of writers who I would LOVE to talk to (and a few who would probably leave me mouthing dumbly like an awestruck goldfish). Cath Bore, who won the competition last year, said it changed her life.
Here’s where you need to enter your details. And hopefully I’ll chatting to one of you soon…(be warned. I’m terribly stern).

On coming across your blog this morning I had to laugh out loud at the question “are you an aspiring writer?”Today it’s more like expiring writer I thought to myself as I cower in bed waiting tor my six young guests from England to emerge from their beds for yet another fun filled day in Chicago. It was then that I realised that even if I didn’t win the mentor competition you are doing the jib anyway. How you may winder?
Hi Jojo, do you know the closing date for the Marie Claire Mentoring? I’ve searched their site but can’t find a date nor a small print in sight. Many thanks