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OMG! Yes, my market for you this week is literally ‘OMG‘. It’s a new women’s weekly and as you can gather from the title, it’s one of the more sensationalist ones, with lots of true-life story headlines on the front cover. Here’s one from the first issue – ‘My hubby-to-be was a secret she’. I’m…
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Has anyone ever come across a banana with bones???
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The thrill of being published never fades as evidenced when I opened the ‘The Guardian’ this weekend to see another short filler piece I’d written. I was even more excited when I saw they’d kept it in word for word – even the typo I shamefully have to admit to. Read on and I’m sure…
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Don’t Rush It! You’re almost at the end of your cleverly crafted story and the temptation is to race towards that last line in the bid to get the story finished and out to a magazine/competition. Just stop right there. Don’t rush your ending. It can ruin the whole story. e.g. in a romance story,…
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Last week, you were set a picture prompt as your challenge and you produced some fantastic pieces of writing. Well done you! Please read all the entries below. As last week’s challenge proved popular, I’ll set you another picture challenge: Sacha Black‘s response to the challenge was almost immediate! She really has a talent for…
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I’ve had my job made easy for me again thanks to Sacha Black. She really has been wonderful in sending through details of competitions. Last week’s market had a very short deadline so you’ll be pleased to know this week’s is over three months away. ‘The Writers’ Village‘ is holding a short story competition with…
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I wonder how many people fell for this ‘special offer’!:
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Last week I published Geoff Le Pard‘s stunning piece of writing, inspired by the following picture prompt: Maria Matthews contacted me to say she also had a piece of writing rattling round in her head on seeing the picture. Thankfully it managed to get out and I can now share Maria’s magical piece with you.…
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Don’t lose heart So, you’ve slaved over a competition entry and you’re satisfied it’s your very best work. You enter it into the competition and nervously await the results – only to find out you’re not amongst the winners. Perhaps you’re not even on the longlist let alone the shortlist. How do you feel? Disheartened? …
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After Geoff Le Pard‘s wonderful prose from my picture promt (https://esthernewtonblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/monday-motivationsprepare-to-be-inspired/), I thought I’d set you a visual challenge this week. If the following image inspires a poem, story or a non-fiction piece, I’d love to see it: Here are last week’s brilliant rhyming poems: Keith Channing says he doesn’t usually write poetry, but on…
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