• Writing Prompts

    Your new writing prompt on this lovely Christmas Eve is FAMILY Many of us are lucky to be surrounded by family at Christmas. But what about those members sadly missing/no longer with us? Maybe family means more to you than blood relatives. What about friends? Pets? What does the prompt word mean to you? Fact

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  • Funny Of The Week

    If you’re going to put a stocking out for Santa to fill, you’ve got to include the cats and gerbils as well… Photo credit: EC

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  • Happy Monday! We’re really counting down the days now. I hope it’s all coming together and you’re almost ready for the big day. Here’s your new limerick challenge: HOLLY Last week’s prompt was SLEIGH. You came up with great Christmas limericks: HopeLess: There once was a sleigh in the snow That raced through the night with

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  • I’d heard a lot about Jan Sikes‘s books and thoroughly enjoyed visiting all the stops on her joint blog tour (with Linda Broday). So I downloaded A Bold Bargain. This isn’t the first in the series, but I have to say, it didn’t matter. It’s made me want to read the others, but you don’t

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s a week to go until the big day, so this time you have two weeks to get your stories in. Can you tell a story in 100 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 31 words using the following three words in it somewhere:

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your new prompt word is GIVING Christmas should be a time of giving. Yes, there are presents that come into it. But it can also mean giving of your time, your love, your thoughts to others. What does the prompt mean to you? Fact or fiction, prose or poetry, I would love to read your

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Meet Bob, the Snowcat! Picture credit: EC

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  • Happy Monday! I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s your new limerick challenge: SLEIGH Last week’s prompt was CANDY. You came up with some limericks to entertain: Richmond Road: I was young, I was brash, I was randy To my girl I presented my candy But when I offered to teach Her tricks down

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest this week is a Writers Bureau student I’ve

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