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Your new five-word challenge is here. Last week, I wanted you to feel the SUNSHINE. This week, I want you to give yourselves a BREAK. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word BREAK in it somewhere? Here are your rays of SUNSHINE from last week: Paul Mastaglio: No sunshine when…
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The Writers Bureau is asking for entries for its annual poetry competition. Here’s some information for you: Prizes: 1st: £300 2nd: £200 3rd: £100 All winners receive a WB course of their choice – worth over £374 Entry fee: £5 – £4 for members of The Association of Freelance Writers Line limit: up to 40…
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Now there’s an invitation!
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It’s Monday morning and time for a limerick or two! Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – DARE Here are a few limericks to brighten your Monday: Ritu: Oh, what a ghastly sight!Wish I’d not switched on the lightUnplucked and uncolouredNo, please, just stay coveredYou really did give me a fright!…
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Last week, I revealed the blurb for my first book in the A helping Hand for Writers series – Publication Guaranteed (Well, Almost!) Now it’s time to reveal the cover, designed by my very talented daughter, Charlotte Newton: Launch date to be revealed soon…
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When I read Steve Cavanagh’s gripping thriller Thirteen, I was blown away. You’ll find my review here. It’s the fourth book in the Eddie Flynn series and so I was keen to go back and read the others. The Defence is the first in the series. Here’s the blurb: Eddie Flynn used to be a…
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Originally posted on Chat About Books: A Walk in the Woods (and other short stories) Esther Chilton (Review written 07/05/2020) This brilliant collection of short stories has kept me glued to my kindle paperwhite screen for the last two nights. I could have quite happily read it all on the first night had I not…
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It’s five-word challenge time. Last week, I wanted you to have some GOALS. This week, I want you to feel the SUNSHINE. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word SUNSHINE in it somewhere? Here are your GOALS from last week: Paul Mastaglio: It’s good to have goals. Goals with sticks…
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Want to pay tribute to heroes and help raise money for the NHS through your writing? You can with Writing Magazine’s latest competition. Here’s more: ‘We’re asking you to write up to 500 words, fiction or non-fiction, or a poem, on the theme ‘hero’. Whether you choose to directly pay homage to our current heroes…
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Well, we are living in a time of cutbacks…
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