• Writing Prompts

    Nowadays it’s easy to take a photo with your phone. We have hundreds and hundreds of images clogging up our phones that we put on social media. But remember the days of having to get photos developed and waiting days for them to be ready? I was so excited to go and collect them to

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Not quite sure the image and translation go together…

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  • The weekend here was damp and miserable. I hope it was sunny with you. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you to brighten the start of your week: ROOTS Last week’s prompt was VEST. You came up with some very funny limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: I failed at my first major test When I turned up

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  • For those of you who regularly read my blog, you’ll know the first book in my children’s series will be coming out later this year. It’s called The Secret Dragon and is part of the Saffy’s Secret Quest Series. My illustrator has been hard at work creating a gorgeous cover and also some interior images.

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  • I’ve been working for The Writers Bureau for sixteen years now and I’ve loved every minute of it. It was where I started out myself as a student many years ago and I have them to thank for becoming a published writer. When the director asked me if I’d like to write some new courses

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  • Well, it’s nearly the end of another week. I hope your week has gone well. Here is a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 15 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was to tell a story in 21 words using the following

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  • Writing Prompts

    The phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ recently came into my head when I was talking to a friend about an actor she thought was drop-dead gorgeous. I completely disagreed and it got me thinking how true the saying is. So your prompt this week is: BEAUTY What do you see as

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Well, in that case…

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  • How was your weekend? I hope you had a good one. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you: VEST Least week’s prompt was WINK. You came up with some witty limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: When I dropped my iPhone in the drink My children were both tickled pink. I asked my sweet wife If she could

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  • Over the last couple of weekends, I’ve been introducing you to my upcoming series of children’s chapter books for 5-7 year olds. The series is called Saffy’s Secret Quest and the first book in the series is The Secret Dragon. Here’s a little bit about the story to hopefully hook your interest: Saffy’s boring summer

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