Esther Chilton
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School’s Out For Summer! The school holidays began today and so my day-role for the next six-weeks will no longer be restricted to that of writer, tutor and blogger but will also include the role of children’s entertainer, encompassing board games, battles on the X-Box and baking cookies and cakes. Oh, and not to forget…
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Sometimes it really does feel like this:
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If you’re having a lousy Monday, here’s a photo to make you smile:
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Say no to long, lengthy paragraphs Whether you’re writing an article or short story, make sure your work isn’t full of big blocks of text. This is especially important for your opening paragraph. If a reader is faced with a large passage of text, it can be very off-putting as can page after page of…
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What a blasphemy! To write for nothing? After spending hours writing and editing a manuscript, to then contemplate receiving nothing, not even a bean for it? Yes. That is exactly my suggestion. There are rewards besides money that can be gained from our writing. Rewards such as, increasing our writing experience, bringing pleasure and enjoyment…
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I always seem to be busy but this week I’m very conscious of the school holidays lurking round the corner so my goal is to be as up straight as possible by the end of the week. At the moment, I’m failing miserably 😦 Though, I’m sure I always feel the same this time every…
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This week’s award has to go to this sheep who certainly gives me a run for my money in the ‘Horrendous Hairdo’ stakes!
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Well, it’s nearly the end of the first day of the working week and I’ve been completely rushed off my feet. Clearly someone else has been able to take Monday at a leisurely pace 😉
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Amazing anniversaries Every day marks the anniversary of a famous person’s birth or death, an historical event or the invention of something which altered lives. Anniversary-based articles make fascinating reading and a lot of magazines use them. So where can you find out about what happened when? There are lots of websites which feature lists…
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Being a writing can feel very isolating; this in turn can make us doubt our ability, especially when just starting out, so we sometimes turn to family and friends for support. Perhaps you know someone who’s brilliant at grammar and can check your work through for any obvious errors, which is great or maybe you…
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