Esther Chilton
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Think you’re funny? Good at making people laugh? Then why not enter the Writing Magazine humour short story competition. Here are the details for you: Prizes: 1st: £200 plus publication in the magazine Runner-up: £50 plus publication on the website Entry fee: £5, £3 subscribers Word limit: 1500-1700 words Closing date: 15th March 2018 To…
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Thank you to all of you who have contacted me to say how much you’re enjoying my latest ‘Funny of the week‘. If you’ve missed any, here’s the first, second. and third in the series. Now for the fourth…
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Welcome to the seventh instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth and sixth in the series. This week,…
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It’s Friday and time for my Guest Writer. This week, it’s Rebecca Tran‘s Turn. Welcome Rebecca! Here is is taster of her novel, The Sins: Prologue Anya was waiting for me when I entered the room, lounging on a velvet sofa with silk pillows, looking rather pale. Her deep brown curls were only half pinned…
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It’s always good to write something for fun. It often serves as just the writing break you need, getting the mind going and focused again. I saw a newspaper article about a school reunion and this rhyme came to mind: Finding God My old school recently held a special bash, Class of ’83…
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The ChipLitFest Short Story Competition has two categories – one for stories of up to 2500 words and one for stories up to 5000 words. Here are some more details for you: Prizes: 1st: £500 2nd: £100 3rd: £50 The three winning stories will also be published on the ChipLitFest website, together with author photos…
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I love the blackboards you often see outside a pub or restaurant. They usually have something funny on them. Here’s the first one in my new series and the second. Now for the third…
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Welcome to the sixth instalment in my latest writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third , fourth and fifth in the series. This week, it’s the…
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It is with great pleasure that I welcome the wonderful Jane Risdon to my Guest Writer Spot, with this super article about her incredible writing journey. Decades of Patience. This past week has seen the culmination of more than 5 years working on a novel with my co-author Christina Jones. It seems such a long…
