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  • Cover Reveal

    A few weeks ago, I brought you news that the latest book in my A Helping Hand For Writers series is due out later this year. Here’s the blurb and cover: Short Story Focus Do you enjoy writing short stories but feel you’re not getting it quite right? Perhaps your opening lacks that necessary spark,…

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  • I hope you all had a great weekend. Here’s to a productive week 😄 Your new limerick challenge is as follows: BUTTER Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SMILE in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces: Kim Smyth: This hunk Tom had a killer smile He turned heads, but…

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  • I hope you’ve had a good week. If not, at least it’s nearly the weekend! 😎 Here’s your new Thursday five-word challenge: PIGEON So can you tell a story in five words using the word PIGEON in it somewhere? Your word last week was SHADE. Here are your SHADY stories: Kim Smyth: We sit in…

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  • Mum’s Seriously Scrumptious Sponge I always loved it when Mum said she was going to make a sponge – especially the licking out the bowl part. I remember how she would sit me on the work top and I’d run my fingers round the bowl and then slurp the gooey mixture from my fingers. Then,…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    This week’s ‘funny’ has been sent in by Murray Clarke. Thanks, Murray! Great advice!

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  • I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s to a great week 😄 Your new limerick challenge is as follows: SMILE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word GAME in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces: Keith Channing: I lost at my favourite game My team said that I…

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  • I hope you’ve had a good week. If not, at least it’s nearly the weekend! 😎 Here’s your new Thursday five-word challenge: SHADE So can you tell a story in five words using the word SHADE in it somewhere? Your word last week was THROAT. Here are your THROATY stories: Trent’s World: He goes for…

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  • New Book Coming…

    After writing the first book in my series, A Helping Hand For Writers, I didn’t know what to focus on next. Publication Guaranteed (well, almost!) covered all sorts of areas of writing, with the aim of helping you to become a published writer. So where did I go from there? I asked you guys and…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I can see the similarities…

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  • I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s to a great week 😎 Your new limerick challenge is as follows: GAME Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word BAND in it somewhere. Here are your masterpieces: Keith Channing: Poor Gerry could not understand Why life ne’er turned out as…

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