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  • Here’s the next episode in 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, Ten, Eleven and Twelve…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Now Christmas is out the way, I’m starting to think about my New Year’s resolutions…

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  • Happy Christmas! I hope you’re all having a great day. But if you want a break, why not have a go at writing a limerick? Your new limerick challenge is: AWARD Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word EARTH in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Ritu: “What on…

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  • Happy Christmas!

    I hope you all have a great Christmas 🎄

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  • There are all sorts of Christmas books in the shops right now, their covers full of snowy scenes and dazzling Christmas lights. I do love a Christmas cover. Do you have a favourite Christmas book? Perhaps it’s something modern or an older story – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? The Nutcracker and the Mouse…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s the Thursday before Christmas, so how about a Christmas story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 25 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 8 words using the following two words in it somewhere: Here are your…

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  • Here’s the next part 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, Ten, Eleven and Twelve…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Need a last minute Christmas gift idea? Here’s the ideal present for all!

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  • Happy new week. Only a week til Christmas! Your new limerick challenge is: EARTH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word YOUNG in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Skateboarding is a young man’s game If you take it up late, yourself you can maim Your ankles…

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  • After a few weeks celebrating the publication of my new book, The Storm, I thought I’d throw things over to you. What books are you working on at the moment and how are they going? If you’re not working on anything yourself, what are you currently reading? Maybe you’re doing both. I’m almost at the…

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