The master trains the mouse

My application for the Australian Horror Writers Association's mentorship program was successful with award-winning Western Australia author Lee Battersby agreeing to take me under his wing for the next three months.
Hopefully he'll be able bash my prose into shape a bit and set me on the path to becoming a better writer.
There is a reward for you guys out of this too. By taking my writing to the next level I'll be able to scare you, entertain you and enthrall you better should you choose to stick it out for the ride.

In other news my short story Remorse has been under consideration for Flashspec Volume 2 for a few weeks. Hopefully it's still in the mix for one of the final spots.

Writer seeks help

In an effort to bridge the gap between the masters of the craft and my own writing I have applied to the inaugural Australian Horror Writers Associations mentorship program.
This program pairs a young writer with one of the countries best Australian horror writers for a three-month period as a mentor.
This mentor then works through a number of submitted stories from the young writer, identifying strengths and weaknesses and working to improve their writing style.
As I mentioned in my application, I have been very lucky to have a number of my stories published in the past year or so, but still find myself rejected from the higher paying pro-markets. If selected I hope that this program can help identify what I need to do to my own writing to take it to the next level.
Sure there are plenty of writing courses out there, I've done a couple of them, but this is the only one I know which focusses on the horror genre.
I'd advise any young horror writers to go to the AHWA website, join (it's only open to members) and apply for the mentorship program. Where else are you going to get the opportunity to be personally tutored by writers of the calibar of Rob Hood, Lee Battersby, Kaaron Warren, Cat Sparks, Paul Haines, David Carroll, Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Stephen Dedman and Martin Livings?