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We’re nearing the end of this series now. So far, we’ve had California Dreamin’ , Moonlight Shadow, The Smurf Song, The Clapping Song, Chiquitita, Lady in Red and Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Anyone remember Falco? In 1986, my favourite TV programme was Top of the Pops. Every Thursday night, I could be found glued to the TV waiting
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The wonderfully supportive Melissa Lemay offers writers a fantastic opportunity to have their work published in her journal, Collaborature. I recently spoke to Melissa and it was wonderful to hear her so excited by the project and how committed she is to helping writers get their work out there. Here’s a bit about it in
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We’re back to normal this week – just the one challange: Can you tell a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week I gave you two challenges to take part in if you wished. The first was to write a story of 7 words using the word IMPOSTER in
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I gave my writing group this week’s prompt and they came up with some really interesting pieces of writing. So I thought I’d see what you make of it. Your word this week is WAITING What does this word mean to you? Waiting for a hospital appointment? For a delivery to the house? Perhaps it’s
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I can relate to this…
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Wishing you all a happy new week. Here’s your weekly limerick challenge. Your new word is: DINNER Last week’s prompt was LAZY. You came up with some funny limericks: Kim Smyth: The woman was feeling quite lazy Cause the sky was cloudy and hazy She took it too easy Feeling light and breezy Make sure everyone
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We’re a few weeks into this series now and we’ve covered California Dreamin’ , Moonlight Shadow, The Smurf Song, The Clapping Song, Chiquitita and Lady in Red. It’s now time for Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. What teenager who grew up in the 1980s doesn’t remember Girls Just Want To have Fun? As an eleven-year-old,
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I’ve read lots of books by this author under the name of Glynis Peters. She writes beautifully-told wartime sagas. When I heard she’d written something a little different, I was curious to know more. The Weybourne Witches has been published under the name of Amber Raven (the perfect name for a story about witches). Here’s
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It’s story time. How long does your story need to be? Well, this week I’m looking for two stories. You can do either challenge or both! Challenge one: Can you tell a story in 7 words? You must use the following word somewhere in the story: Challenge two: Can you tell a story in 50
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Before the British Reader’s Digest closed, I used to write funny true-life anecdotes for them. There were so many of them! Here’s one: I was having a cup of tea at a friend’s house one morning when my phone went. It was my five-year-old daughter’s school. She wasn’t feeling very well. The roads were busy,
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Esther Chilton 