Esther Chilton
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My challenge for you last week was to fit the words: ‘Easter’, ‘bucket’ and ‘cat’ into a ten-word story. There was me thinking you’d find it difficult. “Difficult?” you all said, “nah, easy peasy!” Read the excellent stories below. So, this week’s challenge? It’s certainly toughter. I’m still looking for ten-word stories, but this week…
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My market for you this week is another flash fiction one. Thank you to Sacha Black, yet again, for another great market. ‘Brilliant Flash Fiction‘ magazine holds quarterly competitions with a set theme. The theme for the June competition is: Equality Entries must be receive by 15th June 2015. Entries of up to 300 words…
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I love the literal take on this question:
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Since setting my new weekly writing challenge last Thursday (for ten-word stories using the words ‘Easter’, ‘bucket’ and ‘cat’ somewhere in the story), I’ve received some entries for the previous week’s challenge (ten-word stories using the words ‘Friday’ and ‘potato’). They’re too good not to share, so I thought I’d publish them on my blog…
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Be Exclusive When you write for a specific magazine, you only send your work to that publication. But some editors take months to come back to you. This is so frustrating. From past experience you know how difficult it is to get your work published, so surely it’s okay to offer your work to several…
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There I was, last week, thinking that I’d made things difficult for you by asking for a ten-word story using the words ‘potato’ and ‘Friday’ somewhere in the story. I wasn’t sure if I’d have many challengers at all. Boy, was I proved wrong! Read the fantastic results below. Right then, time to get tough.…
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My market for you this week is a very special one – it’s the launch of my first short story competition! Over the years I’ve entered lots of writing competitions and been fortunate enough to win some. There’s no feeling quite like it so I thought I’d give someone the opportunity to enjoy that special…
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Well, it’s a logical answer!:
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When a friend of mine had a book published, I bought a copy and happily posted a review on Amazon when he asked. Now I’ve had my own book published I can ask the the same of him, can’t I? I can, but I don’t like asking people if they’d write a review. I’m always…
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Don’t over or under-explain A lot of writers struggle with where to end their story. Some bring it to a close very abruptly and leave readers wondering what on earth happened next and thinking they’ve missed something vital. You don’t have to tie everything up in a neat little bow; it’s fine to let readers…
Esther Chilton 