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A few weeks ago I brought you news that I’d written a course for The Writers Bureau. It’s a course all about helping writers struggling with writer’s block and those who have found that life has got in the the way of their writing. If you’d like to find out more about Re-discover your love
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It’s Thursday so it’s time for a short story. Here’s a new challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 35 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was to tell a story in 40 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious
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Nowadays the only things I receive through the post are bills and junk mail. I remember the days when I had a couple of pen pals. One was from the States and another from Hong Kong. I was about fifteen at the time. I used to love writing letters with my fountain pen and then
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I’ll definitely give diving a miss then. I don’t think it would end well…
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Happy new week. I hope it’s a good one for you. Your fresh limerick challenge this week is: KILT Last week’s prompt was FRIES. You came up with some funny limericks: Kim Smyth: There once was a man making fries, Their ingredients were a big surprise Not potato as suspected But plantain; not expected! Delightful to
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So far, we’ve had California Dreamin’ , Moonlight Shadow, The Smurf Song and The Clapping Song. In my trip back down memory lane, this week it’s Abba’s Chiquitita: It was the spring of 1993. I was a student at college and lived at home with Mum and Dad. I’d just passed my driving test (after two attempts). I’ll
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I’d been following John W. Howell‘s blog for a while and been interested in reading his books, but I wasn’t sure where to start as he’s written so many! I took part in John’s recent blog tour for the third book in his ‘Eternal Road’ series: Detour on the Eternal Road. I loved the premise
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How’s your week going to far? Hasn’t Thursday come round quickly?! Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 40 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was to tell a story in 24 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here
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When I was growing up, I loved Batman and Robin – you know, the ‘proper Batman’ – the series featuring Adam West. I thought it was fantastic and completely believed in him and everything going on around him! Remember the POW! BIFF! BAM! I thought they were genius. My favourite villain in the show was
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So it’s okay if you do it quietly…