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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s the Thursday after New Year. I hope 2024 is going well for you so far. Here’s a little story challenge: Can you tell a story in 41 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 13 words using the following three words…

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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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  • Happy New Year!

    Wishing you all a great 2024 🎆

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  • So, how many of you received books for Christmas? You can never have too many books, right? That’s what I’m always telling my partner, though my bookshelves are completely full and the top of my wardrobe is heaving with books. Every time I open it, I’m waiting for them all to fall down on my…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s the Thursday before New Year, so how about a New Year 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 25 words using the following five words in it somewhere: Here…

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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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