Esther Chilton

  • Here’s to a great new week! Your new limerick challenge is as follows: CHEAP Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word DARE in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces: Keith Channing: My wife said to me, “Don’t you dareGo out without combing your hair.You look such a sightYou’ll give dogs…

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  • As many of you know, I’m a tutor for The Writers Bureau, which I thoroughly enjoy. Recently, we’ve joined the virtual teaching world and have been tutoring some Zoom courses. They’ve been great fun and have ranged from Making Money From Your Non-Fiction, to Flash Fiction, to Rediscovering Your Writing Mojo. I’ve loved teaching in…

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  • It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is: FEAR So can you tell a story in five words using the word FEAR in it somewhere? Your word last week was TRAIN. Here are your TRAIN stories: Keith Channing: Train hard to catch trainRunning for train is trainingAvoid…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It’s always good to manage people’s expectations…

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  • Here’s to a great new week! Your new limerick challenge is as follows: DARE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SNORE in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces: Keith Channing: Sometimes, I’ll admit it, I snore.Not loudly, for that I’d abhor.On Friday, my wifeRubbed my nose with a knifeEnough…

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  • It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is: TRAIN So can you tell a story in five words using the word TRAIN in it somewhere? Your word last week was POETRY. Here are your POETIC stories: Keith Channing: Non-rhyming poetry is pretty prose. Poetry needs metre and…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It’s just what everyone wants…

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  • Here’s to a great new week! Your new limerick challenge is as follows: SNORE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SNEEZE in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces: Keith Channing: Now here is a jolly good wheeze:Try clearing a room with a sneeze.Make it sound like a fart,And here’s…

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  • It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is: POETRY So can you tell a story in five words using the word POETRY in it somewhere? Your word last week was SACRIFICE. Here are your SACRIFICED stories: Keith Channing: Electoral Commission compromised — democracy sacrificed. Sacrifice? Don’t get…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Wonder how this student would describe bad vibrations…

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