• This ‘Funny Of The Week’ series is one I featured last year. I’ve found some new ones, so here’s the launch of the 2015 series. Hope you enjoy them!

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  • Here’s a Monday Motivation Challenge Special: can you write a short story, where the first sentence starts with A, the next B and so on, right throuigh to Z? It’ll certainly blow the weekend cobwebs away! Here’s mine for you: Another wet day dawns to blight our much needed holiday. Black clouds hang heavily in…

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Feel the Fear and do it Anyway! Some of you have read my ‘About Me’ page and been intrigued how an accident changed the course of my life and brought me to writing. So here’s an insight for you: I was 24-years-old at the time and working in a bank. And I hated it. I…

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  • This week’s writing challenge is a fun one and it’s one I’ve set before. It’s to tell a story in only 20 words. It’s short and sweet so no excuses for not entering! Last week’s challenge was to write a story or poem using the following five words: Murder Midnight Mask Maltesers Mud Here are…

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  • Markets For Writers

    My market for your this week is of the horror genre. Dark Markets is a US site, which provides horror writers with free market resources. They hold regular competitions, offering only a small prize but the competitions are exciting and give you the chance to think outside the box. One competition with a closing date…

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  • As a freelance writer, I’ve had the fortune to write for all sorts of publications and to undertake all sorts of writing jobs from copywriting, to short stories, to humorous articles, to readers’ letters, to books. I learnt my craft many years ago through The Writers Bureau and once I’d become an established writer, I…

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Stop! Take A Moment It’s so easy to get caught up in the mundane minutiae of everyday and to forget to simply be. Life is so short. We need to live it. To enjoy it. Make a list of the things that you like, things that make you feel alive, whether it’s the smell of…

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  • This week’s challenge is a fun one (I hope!) I’d love to see your creations using the following five words, which must appear somewhere in your story or poem: Murder Midnight Mask Maltesers Mud Hope that gets you thinking! Here are last week’s entries from my photo prompt: I dare you not to be drawn…

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  • Originally posted on Sacha Black: If you would like to be featured like this on my blog, drop me a line. I had the pleasure of meeting Esther through the writers bureau, where I am studying a creative writing course and she is my really, truly fantastic tutor. :). Esther is an award winning writer, tutor,…

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