Esther Chilton
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Happy Thursday! It’s time for a new five-word challenge. For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Triangle in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Milk. You sent in some brilliant stories. Here they are: Kim Smyth: I love coconut milk most! Ritu:…
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Cinnamon Press: This independent publisher publishes poetry, fiction and also selective non-fiction. It’s a small company run by a family team. Cinnamon is proudly different. We don’t do social media; it’s neither innovative nor supportive of independent thought. Instead we value a community of readers and writers who don’t so much buy our books and…
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Don’t you just love an ambiguous sign…
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Make your reader smile Ideas for humorous letters, fillers, articles and stories are everywhere. Something your granddaughter said which left you in stitches can make an ideal anecdote for a reader’s letter. Likewise, an experience abroad, be it braving the kamikaze streets of Rome or trying to make friends with a camel in Egypt, can…
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It’s Thursday and time for a new five-word challenge. For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Milk in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Lost. You sent in some brilliant stories. Here they are: Kim Smyth: I’m lost in a yarn. Been…
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What Amazon says An autumnal stroll through the woods, colourful leaves crunching underfoot, the air fresh on the face, laughter and lightness portraying a happy mother and daughter scene. But something isn’t right… A young boy who thought he knew his parents finds out that he doesn’t know them at all. Have you ever wondered…
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This week’s funny comes from Keith Channing. Thank you, Keith!
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Wonderful Weather The weather is a useful tool for producing a certain type of atmosphere. A gloriously sunny day immediately conjures up feelings of warmth and joy, where something happy is about to happen. This may be the atmosphere you want to create for a wedding in your story. Though, perhaps it’s a wedding doomed…
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