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I went to a talk by crime writer Elly Griffiths in 2024. I’d read a few of her books in the Dr Ruth Galloway series and enjoyed them. During the talk Elly gave us a few snippets about the new book she was writing which is about time travel. My ears pricked up. A time…
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It’s Thursday, so it’s story time. Can you tell a story in 41 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your laugh out loud stories: Niki Daly: That devious chicken – he’s only bricked…
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Now the clocks have changed, it’s getting lighter in the evenings. So that got me thinking about the word ‘light’. It can mean so many different things. A lightness in feeling, lightweight, a light bulb moment, daylight, sunlight, twilight, artificial light, on and on it goes. What does it mean to you? Or perhaps it’s…
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I’d have a good go…
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I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your new word is: CHILL Last week’s prompt was DINNER. You came up with some brilliant limericks: Graeme Sandford: There once was a man who ate dinner; and by doing so grew a lot thinner; his dinner was oats, with…
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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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Esther Chilton 