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This month we have expert advice from Simon Whaley on how to structure writing for maximum success. Ten Top Tips looks at approaching an editor in the right way and Successes provides you with your monthly inspirational encouragement. The End Note and Useful Websites will, hopefully, be as useful as ever.

END NOTE and a little inspiration!

1st January 404	Rome witnesses its final gladiatorial competition.
2nd January 1860	The Academie De Science in Paris hears of the discovery of Vulcan.
3rd January 1496	Leonardo da Vinci tests a flying machine, but, sadly, it’s unsuccessful.
4th January 1643	Sir Isaac Newton is born in Lincolnshire.
5th January 1998	Sonny Bono – of Sonny and Cher fame – dies from his injuries following a skiing accident.
6th January	Latin America celebrates Three Wise Men Day.
7th January	Nanakusa-no- sekku or The Festival of the Seven Herbs in Japan.
8th January 1972	American poet Kenneth Patchen dies in Palo Alto, California – see end note for one of my favourite Patchen poems.
9th January 1768	The first modern circus is staged by Phillip Astley in London.
10th January 1931	English Olivier Award winning playwright Peter Barnes is born in Bow London.
11th January	Unity Day, Nepal.
12th January 1895	The National Trust comes into being in Britain.
13th January 1915	An earthquake kills 29,800 people in Avezzano, Italy.
14th January 1977	Anais Nin, French author known for her published journals and erotica dies in Los Angeles.
15th January 1759	The British Museum opens.
16th January	Teachers Day, Thailand.
17th January 1605	Don Quixote is published for the first time.
18th January	Winnie the Pooh Day to celebrate the birthday of his creator AA Milne.
19th January 1988	The Whitbread Book of The Year prize is won by Christopher Nolan who can neither move nor speak due to an accident at birth.
20th January 1961	John F Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th US President.
21st January	International Spicy Food Day – great I love spicy food!
22nd January 1840	British Colonists land in New Zealand.
23rd January 1986	The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.
24th January 1994	French writer Yves Navarre – best known for ‘Le Jardin d'acclimation’ – dies in France aged 44.
25th January	St Dwywens Day – a Welsh Celebration of love.
26th January	Australia Day and Republic Day in India
27th January 1606	The trial of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, begins – and ends with their execution on the 31st of this month.
28th January 1878	The Yale Daily News becomes the first college newspaper to be published daily in the United States.
29th January 1996	Venice’s opera house – La Fenice – is burned down.
30th January 2003	Same sex marriage becomes legal in Belgium.
31st January 1961	Ham – a chimp sent into space by the USA – is alive and well after being in space for 16.5 minutes.

And here’s the promised Patchen poem – The Artists Duty. I hope you like it and agree with the sentiments expressed as much as I do.

Ah...this is fantastic. If you feeling like destroying your current piece of writing, work through your frustration with Demolition Dude instead. A few minutes working out how to destroy the buildings will make you feel a whole lot better.

And finally, if you found something of use to you in this issue please pass the word on to all your writer friends – and even those who don’t! You never know, you might inspire them to take it up. They can sign up for Ezee Writer here.

Until next month farewell and do lots of writing!

Shelley x

P.S. Don’t forget the Poetry and Short Story Writing Competition closes on the 30th of this month. As usual, if you've any suggestions or would like to comment on anything you have read then please contact me at: ezeewriter@writersbureau.com

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