A word from our outgoing editor

At the end of this week I will be wrapping up my role as editor-in-chief of Writers Bloc which, as happy as I always am for the opportunity to reference The Sound of Music, is still somewhat bittersweet.

Writers Bloc is open for submissions which means we want your pitches.

What we’re looking for:

A word from our outgoing editor. 

I have news. I am stepping down as the Editor of Writers Bloc. Tragedy for me, yes, but excellent news for letters.

When I started steering this ship all those years ago, my worldview was from the '50s, but deep down I was just a crazy kid with a dream – to guide this wordy ol’ boat through the wild-west fever dream of internet.

I’ll make this quick, but I would like to thank, from whatever sincerity I have left after several years spent on twitter.com, all our readers, and most of all, our writers.

Our Content Director Liam Pieper, on the bright and shiny promise of the new year.

Dear friends, welcome back.

Join us as we big a fond farewell to the raging garbage fire that was 2016, and prepare to face the creative challenges of 2017 with clear-eyes, full hearts, and the steel-panted fortitude of Sting in David Lynch Film. 

2016 draws to a close. For many people, this has been a torrid garbage fire of a year.

Still, we press on, boats against the current, all that. Let’s look at the positives.

This is a word from our Editor on something of vital importance to the literary community. 

My name is Liam Pieper. I’m the Content Director of Writers Bloc. I’m also a prize-winning author and novelist whose work is available in all good book stores in Australia. And in translation in Italian, Czech, and Russian.  Trust me, don’t listen to what the critics might say – I’m kind of a big deal.

This is a public service announcement from the Content Director of Writers Bloc about the divine gift to writers that is Scrivener. 

I recently attended TINA, the National Young Writers Festival. I’m 32. Here’s footage of every panel I did.

You may have noticed we've had a little haircut.

We've got a brand new, cleaner look, but that's just the start. 

For the past few months, we've been working behind the scenes to revamp the site, and better cater to the needs of our growing community. That means you.

We've spent the last couple of years listening to the writing community in Australian and abroad, and have designed series of new features and services to cater for them.

This is a word from our Editor's Desk about a looming threat to Australian literature. 

We're going to talk about a thing. At first glance it is a very boring thing, but bear with us please, it needs talking about.  

This is Bloc News, a word from the team about what the month ahead holds.

OK. So we don’t want to take up too much of your time, but you should know that Blocwise, April will be explosive.