• Funny Of The Week

    I think I’ll have the chocolate croissant rather than the bagel…

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  • It’s Monday! Again! It comes round so quickly. It’s also limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – MAD Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt was SCREECH: Keith Channing: Whilst studying night-flying fowl My gaze landed on a Screech Owl I thought it…

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  • I was delighted to be featured as a guest writer on The Writers Bureau’s blog yesterday: It was when one of my students had a reader’s letter published that the idea for my latest book started to take shape. “It’s only a reader’s letter,” she said, “but it means the world to me. I’m published!”…

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  • Thank you to everyone who entered my short story competition. I had some super entries, from a touching one about a mum, to a gripping one about the current pandemic. Then, there were humorous ones that made me laugh out loud, quirky ones that made me smile and several where the writer had thought outside…

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  • It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. Last week, I wanted to know about your SHOPPING. This week, I want to know about your SLEEP. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word SLEEP in it somewhere? Here are your SHOPPING stories from last week: Ritu: Yay! Shopping! Oh…

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  • A Big Thank You!

    As many of you know, my latest book Publication Guaranteed (Well, Almost!) came out at the weekend. In the run up to the launch, I asked if anyone had any tips with regards to marketing (I’m hopeless !). I have to say, I was overwhelmned with the response. There were offers of guest blog posts,…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I’d like to see someone try that!

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  • Happy Monday! It’s limerick time! Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – SCREECH Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt was FOOL: Keith Channing: I felt like I needed to cool So went for a dip in the pool Like a bird I did fly…

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  • Launch Day!

    It’s here at last – the launch day for Publication Guaranteed (Well, Almost!). Thank you to those of you who pre-ordered the book. I hope you find it useful. The idea behind the book is to help you become a published writer. I know many of my students have struggled to become published or have…

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  • I met Mick Williams at an author meetup just before lockdown. I only managed to have a quick chat so it was great to find out more about him and his books during the interview. Q. Your latest book, Hope’s Game, came out earlier in the year. Can you tell us a little bit about…

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