Esther Chilton

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  • Book Review: The Last Chance Hotel by Nicki Thornton

    Being an editor, I work on all sorts of writing – non-fiction, different fiction genres, as well as writing for different age groups. As a reader, I enjoy all sorts of books; I just love words. The Last Chance Hotel, written by Nicki Thornton, has been created for children aged 9-12, but I think you’ll…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s your weekly five-word challenge! For this week’s challenge, I’m keeping a Christmas theme. Can you tell a story in five words, using the word MISTLETOE in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word SANTA. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Peter Wells: Santa left the wrong present!…

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  • Markets For Writers

    You’ve got plenty of time for this week’s market – the closing date for The Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Competition is 13th February 2020. Stories are invited on any theme, up to 2000 words. The competition is free to enter. A winner and two runners-up will be chosen. Prizes include a place on one…

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  • Exciting News!

    I’m thrilled to announce that I’m going to be part of the Indie Fest in 2020. My partner and I went along to this year’s event to see what it was all about. We had a great time, meeting authors and going along to workshops and author talks. So we knew we wanted to be…

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  • An Interview With Alex Marchant

    It’s my pleasure to introduce Alex Marchant, a lovely author I met at the Indie Lit Fest earlier this year. I was fascinated by her books and was thrilled when she agreed to be my interviewee. Q. You’ve written two books in your series for children so far. Can you tell us a little bit…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s your weekly five-word challenge! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word SANTA in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word LOTTERY. You sent in some fab stories. Here they are: Bharul Chhatbar: Live life like a lottery. Lottery – my dream, sans…

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  • Markets For Writers

    Iron Press is looking for short stories for a new anthology, titled Aliens. Here are some details for you: ‘This is not a competition. There is no fee and no prizes. Authors included will receive two free copies. Extra copies can be ordered at trade price and writers may be invited to read their work…

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  • Bite Size Writing Tips

    Re-read, Re-write and Re-submit Do you save all your old stories? I do and now and then I’ll have a look back through them. I’ve discovered pieces I’d completely forgotten about. Most of you will be familiar with these – the ones you’ve entered into numerous competitions or which have done the rounds with the…

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  • An Interview With Hugh Roberts

    It’s my pleasure to introduce Hugh Roberts as my interviewee this week. I met Hugh at the first Bloggers Bash in London and we’ve remained good blogging friends since then. Hugh writes short stories, a real passion of mine, too. He’s put together two short story collections. In the interview, he tells us more about…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Hope your week is going well. Here’s your weekly five-word challenge! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word LOTTERY in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word HERO. You sent in some entertaining stories. Here they are: Bharul Chhatbar: Hero rises to heal…

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