• Here’s the start of another hot week and a new limerick challenge. Your word is: HACK Last week’s prompt was BOWL. You came up with some great limericks: Trent’s World: These days my hair looks from Saturn My barber used a bowl for a pattern Who’d ‘ave thunk Round like a monk I’d better always keep

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  • My blog tour has moved on to the next stop, which is at the brilliant Michelle Navajas’s blog. Please pop over there to see us:

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest this week is the lovely Kay Castaneda. I’ll

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  • Well, summer has definitely arrived with a hot flush! We’ve been sweltering here in the UK. I hope you’re staying cool wherever you are. Here is this week’s story challenge: Can you tell a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 55

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: OUTSIDE There are lots of meanings to the word outside. Does it mean outside as in outdoors? It can mean that you’re left out of something – for example, you’re on the outside looking in, while everyone else knows what’s going on. You could add an ‘r’ to the end

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  • Morning, everyone. I’m over on the brilliant John W. Howell‘s blog today on the next part of my blog tour. I’d love it if you popped over to see us there: https://johnwhowell.com/2025/06/18/guest-post-esther-chilton-the-secret-dragon-pre-order-launch-newbook/ Thank you, John.

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  • A bit brutal, but I suppose it would work…

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  • I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Here’s your limerick challenge this week. Your word is: BOWL Last week’s prompt was FRANK. You came up with some very amusing limericks: Nicola Daly: There was once a frolicsome frog called Frank Crossed the street on his way to rob a bank But he forgot his size Which

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  • My new series features some of my favourite holiday destinations. So far we’ve visited Dubai, Bournemouth, Harrogate, Dalaman in Turkey, The Isle of Wight and Florida. This week, we’re travelling to the Greek island of Rhodes. The steaming hot sunshine my partner and I had experienced every day so far on our wonderful holiday in Rhodes had deserted

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. Many of you will have enjoyed reading Kevin Morris‘s poems,

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