• We’re whizzing through these stops. Today it’s leg 10 of the Myths and Magic tour. I’m over on Darlene Foster‘s beautiful blog. Please head over and say hi. Darlene is also a children’s author. Her books are part of a series, like mine, but they’re written for slightly older children. I love the way Darlene…

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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. This week’s guest is one of my Writers Bureau students…

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  • Did you miss your story challenge last week? Well, you seemed to have a lot of fun with the 100-word story. Here’s your new challenge. Can you tell a story in 40 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 100 words using the following ten…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your new prompt word is EYES We use this word in many ways. Of course the obvious one is that we use our eyes to see. We also use our eyes to show emotion – surprise or to be flirty, for example. We talk about keeping our eyes peeled, or an eye on something. Then…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    And now for some startling news…

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  • Today I’m over on Thomas Wikman‘s blog for leg nine of the Myths and Magic tour, with a few illustrations from inside the book. If you’d like a peek, you can head over there by clicking here: Thomas Wikman is passionate about Leonberger dogs and their care. For lots of information on them and some…

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  • I’m back from my break and ready to get going again. So let’s kick this Monday off with a new limerick challenge. Your prompt word is: WARN You had two weeks to complete the prompt while I was away. So I gave you two prompt words: CLEAN and PRINCE. You wrote such fun limericks: The…

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  • I’m away on my hols but the Myths and Magic blog tour continues! Today I’m over at Not all who wander are lost Please head over and say hello. An enormous thank you to the wonderful Sarah.

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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 writer this week is appearing on my blog…

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  • You have two weeks to complete the latest story challenge so I thought I’d go for a bumper one. Can you tell a story in 100 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 57 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are…

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