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  • Monday Motivations

    As I mentioned last week, as I’m away, I’m extending my two short story competitions’ closing date to Sunday 5th June so there’s still time to enter! To find out more, take a look at my competition page. I don’t know about you, but I often get my ideas when I’m away on holiday; ideas…

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  • If you need a little inspiration to get your creative juices flowing, try my weekly writing challenge. You have two weeks for this one (til Thursday 9th June) as I’m going to be away so no excuses for not giving it a go!: Option one: Write a limerick with the word PLONKER (thank you Al…

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  • Need some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? Then why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word BERK in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of SECRETS Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: DESTROYED, ALIBI,…

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  • Monday Motivations

    It’s not long until the closing date of my two short story competitions. You have until 31st May to get your entries in. To find out more about them, see my competition page. One of the competitions is for a flash fiction story of up to 100 words. You can write a chilling story to…

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  • Is inspiration failing you this week? Then why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word TROUBLE in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of FEAR Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: BARBARIC, ECONOMY, NUN, TRIVIA, QUANDARY…

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  • Monday Motivations

    I don’t know about you, but I certainly have that sluggish Monday-mind-syndrome. So to start the writing week off, I’m inviting you (yes, again!) to enter one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!). One of them is for a short story of up to 1000 words on the theme of TREASURE. How you…

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  • Is your writing stuck in a rut this week? Then why not let my latest writing challenge get your creative juices flowing?: Option one: Write a limerick with the word PARTY in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of SUMMER Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following…

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  • Looking for some inspiration? Then why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word LOVE in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of SONG Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: BIEBER, ALIAS, VORTEX, BILATERAL, LACONIC and TURGID…

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  • Monday Motivations

    If you’re like me and feeling that sluggish Monday-mind-syndrome, why not get it working by  entering one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!)? One of them is for a short story of up to 1000 words on the theme of TREASURE. How you choose to interpret that theme is up to you. You…

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  • If you fancy flexing your creative writing brain, why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word SCHOOL in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of WILDLIFE Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: COLIN, GAMER, INEFFABLE, TRAPEZE…

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