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  • Bite Size Writing Tips

    Perfect Paragraphs If you’re writing an article or story for a magazine, think about your paragraph lengths. When you send your work out, your pages are A4 size. The lengths of your paragraphs may look short on a page that size but imagine them in a newspaper or magazine. You can fit about 16 words…

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  • Your five-word challenge is here again, but this time you have two weeks in which to send your story. For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Toy in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Fine. You sent in some very clever stories.…

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  • This week sees the start of a new slot on my blog – interviews with lots of lovely authors! My first interviewee is the delightful Diane Jeffrey who I recently met at Harrogate Crime Festival. I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading about her and her gripping psychological thrillers. Q. Your third book, The Guilty Mother, has…

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  • It’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Mirror in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Email. You sent in some creative stories. Here they are: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Do we enter by email? My email broken, sending telegram.…

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  • Bite Size Writing Tips

    Think outside the box Whether you’re entering a themed or open-themed writing competition, don’t write about the first thing that comes to mind. Jot down several ideas. The first few will probably be themes a lot of entrants will write about. Ignore these and let your mind push you forward and onto something a little…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I’d like to welcome Murray Clarke back to my Guest Writer Spot. He’s had stories featured on this page a number of times and always knows how to tell a very entertaining story. Sit back, relax and enjoy! FEAR OF FLYING By Murray Clarke The well-spoken, middle-aged gentleman was sweating profusely, trembling and finding it…

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  • Well, it’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Email in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Clock. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Stevie Turner: Clock watching – life gets tedious. Keto For Beginners:…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    This week’s Guest Writer is the very talented Robbie Cheadle. As you’ll see from her biography, she’s a very versatile writer: Robbie, short for Roberta, is an author with six published children’s picture books in the Sir Chocolate books series for children aged 2 to 9 years old (co-authored with her son, Michael Cheadle), one…

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  • It’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Clock in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Switch. You sent in some interesting and entertaining stories. Here they are: Sanandi-jacq: Switch off politics. Peace returns. Emergency! Find power switch.…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Please welcome Laura Sansom to my Guest Writer Spot for the first time. She’s written a great story for us. Before you read her story, you might like to know a little bit about her: Laura is an aspiring writer whose projects has, and will continue to include poetry, article/ content writing, flash fiction and…

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