• As I’m off to The London Book Fair this week, my blog posts are taking something of a mini holiday. Therefore this week’s Monday Motivations is a rollover from last week. So you have another opportunity to write something on the picture prompt below. I’m also adding in a word prompt. For those of you…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I’m thrilled to welcome my lovely friend, Glynis Smy to my Guest Writer Spot. Glynis and I met through a mutual writer friend, Les Moriarty who sadly passed away last autumn. The two of us recently spent a weekend away together, which inspired Glynis to write the wonderful piece below. – Here’s a little bit…

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  • When my mother-in-law recently started talking about how I used to wear mini-skirts when she first met me, I thought she must be going mad. Did I really? But, as this photo clearly shows, I did and she’s not mad at all. There I am, wearing a short skirt, together with a ‘fetching’ perm.  Perms…

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  • Markets For Writers

    You have a couple of weeks to get your entry in for The Writers Bureau Short Story Competition. The closing date is 31st March 2017. Here are some details for you: Prizes: 1st: £300 2nd: £200 3rd: £100 4th: £50 All winners will also receive a Writers Bureau course of their choice, worth over £350…

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  • A slight contradiction…

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  • Monday Motivations

    For my Monday Motivations this week, I thought it was about time I set a picture prompt. I hope it helps you to get the creative juices flowing. Is this a meeting place for lovers? Or did something untoward happen here? Let you imagination g0… Stories, poems, non-fiction; anything and everything goes! Last week’s prompts…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    It’s Friday and time for my Guest Writer Spot, which gives writers the opportunity for their  work to be seen and read by others. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer than 2000 words and your poems no…

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  • When I look at this photo, taken in 1979, when I was aged 7, it isn’t the big ears and gappy mouth that catch my eye. Well, they do stand out a bit but it’s the wonky fringe which looks like it’s been chewed by mice that my eyes are drawn to. Dear Mum; we…

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  • Markets For writers

    This week’s market is the Evesham Festival of Words Short Story Competition. There is an adult category inviting stories of up to 2500 words. The junior competition (two categories: 8-11 and 12-16) has a word limit of 1000 words. Entry is £5 for adults and it’s free for juniors. The prize in the adult category…

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  • Obviously someone has tried this for it to now appear in the instructions…

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