Esther Chilton

  • It’s time for the next instalment of my building work diary, telling the tale of when I had a loft conversion a few years ago. If you missed the story so far, here are the earlier days: Day One Day Two Days Three and Four Days Five and Six Days Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I’d love to know what a launch dinner is…

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  • Happy new week! I hope you all have a great one. Your new limerick challenge is: TRIP Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SHOWER in it somewhere. You produced some limericks to make us laugh: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Today it started to shower And watered a poor little flower That…

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  • It’s a month since my new short story collection was launched as an e-book. I’m delighted to announce that The Storm is now available as a paperback. You can order a copy through Amazon: Amazon UK Amazon US The blurb: There’s a clash of thunder and the brilliance of lightning. Huge waves gain momentum, slopping…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday, so you must be ready for a new story challenge. Here you go: Can you tell a story in 13 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 10 words using the following two words in it somewhere: Here are your…

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  • Here’s days five and six in the next instalment of my building work diary, telling the tale of when I had a loft conversion a few years ago. If you missed the story so far, here are the earlier days: Day One Day Two Days Three and Four Day Five I have to admit that…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I love this:

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  • Happy new week! I hope you all have a productive one. Your new limerick challenge is: SHOWER Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word TOAD in it somewhere. You produced some limericks to make us laugh: Christine Mallaband-Brown: My pond has a goldfish and frog And a toad that sits…

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  • To celebrate the launch of my 3rd collection of short stories, The Storm, I decided to hold a short story competition. The top entry would win a copy of The Siege, my first short story collection. The results are now in. There were some great entries, which made it very difficult to choose a winner.…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    I hope you’re having a good week so far. Ready for a new story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 10 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 20 words using the following three words in it somewhere:…

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