• We’ve all done it – written something and then looked back over it only to find we’ve made a typo. Here are some which have snuck into all sorts of places, from newspapers, to signs, to TV. Sometimes a simple typo can change the meaning completely…

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  • Monday Motivations

    Write something new! Looking to write about something a little different for 2016? Then why not try a different genre, or a different type of writing altogether? If you’re a poet, why not try writing a flash fiction story? Or perhaps you already write short stories but have often thought about writing a screen-play. Let…

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  • Book Spotlight

    Summerita Rhayne has featured on my blog before and I’m pleased to showcase her wonderful writing again with the release of her latest book, More Than Just Desire. About the book The Bollywood diva who ran away… Piya walked out of an explosive situation three years ago. She married Arfaaz for security but left him…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Happy New Year everyone. Here’s to a great 2016. My first guest writer for 2016 is Traci Aina. This is the second poem she’s sent in for my Guest Writer Spot. Please read her first thought-provoking poem, Another Baby Mother.  Here’s a little about her in her own words: ‘Hi, I’m Traci.  I am a…

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  • This sign made me smile: My blog (as well as me!) is taking a couple of days’ holiday so I’ll be back on Friday. Have a great New Year’s Eve everyone 🙂  

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  • Monday Motivations

    I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. A lot of you have contacted me to say you’re using this holiday time for writing. It’s not easy to fit writing projects around day jobs and everything else life brings us. If you’re stuck for a story/poetry idea, think about the first word that comes into…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Happy Christmas everyone. Hope you’re having a wonderful day, surrounded by loved ones. My Guest Writer Spot is a special one this week. Not only is it on Christmas Day, my guest writer is Geoff Le Pard, the winner of my flash fiction competition. Here’s a little bit about him, in his own words: “Geoff Le…

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  • Yes, I know it’s Christmas, but that’s no excuse for not joining in my weekly challenge. You have two weeks for this one – until 7th January. We’ll be well into the New Year then so my challenge is centred around the theme of New Year (with a few fun words thrown in too!): Option…

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  • Market Of The Week

    Many of you enjoy writing flash fiction and a lot of you also like a prompt to kick-start your ideas. Here’s a market which marries the two: 100wordstory is a site which publishes all sorts of 100 word stories. One of the stories they publish is from a monthly photo prompt. There’s no fee and…

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  • Someone’s got a great sense of humour:

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