• Today I’m over on Janice Johnson‘s blog, Jammie’s Jottings, for stop six of the Myths and Magic blog tour. If you’d like to take a look, I’d love to see you there: Janice has just retired and is looking forward to having a lot more time for writing. Happy retirement, Janice!

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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. I have a returning guest this week. Susan Batten is…

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  • Here’s your Thursday story challenge. Can you tell a story in 57 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 28 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Crystal: As I play Scrabble with a homeless guy who is…

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  • The latest stop on my Myths and Magic tour is a little different: Lynn Chapman quizzed me on all sorts of aspects of writing as well as my book. If you’d like to have a read, please pop over. Lynn has a really interesting and inspiring blog called Creative Captures (love the name). Do have…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your new prompt word is CAPTURE My choice of word came today when I thought about a TV series here in the UK called The Capture. It centres around deepfakes. So ‘capture’ can have negative connotations. We might think of it in terms of someone or something being captured. But we can also look at…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I think I’ll give walking in these a miss. I don’t think it would end well… Photo credit: Esther Chilton

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  • I hope your Monday is going well so far. It’s time to get you smiling – here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is FLOOR Last week’s prompt was BOX. There were some excellent limericks: Nicola Daly: I saw the funniest thing in a boxIt was a fox wearing pink socksWith a growly voice he crooned:‘Look…

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  • Blog Tour Stop Four

    Today I was over on My Tea Towels on the fourth leg of my blog tour. The lovely Barbara hosted me. Thank you, Barbara! I’d love you to take a visit over there for another extract. I really appreciate all your support.

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  • A Box Of Books

    Anyone who has ever had a book published will know how exciting it is to receive author copies of your book. There’s something special about opening up the box and seeing the book for the first time. I’ve now received my copies of Myths and Magic, so if anyone would like a signed copy for…

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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 writer is a member of my Writers…

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