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My partner, who is also a writer, was on an author panel at a writing event last year, with a new author called Jo Callahan. Whenever he’s on a panel, he always reads the other authors’ books. When it came to reading Jo’s, he couldn’t put it down and urged me to read it. I…
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How’s your week so far? Cold? It has been where I live, with a chilly wind, but at least the snow has now gone. Here is a new challenge to warm you up: Can you tell a story in 30 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was…
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I can’t believe the first week of January has already whizzed by. We’ve had sunshine, frost, snow, rain, wind – all sorts of weather. But we increasingly seem to be seeing more storms. So your prompt this week is fittingly STORM Of course a storm doesn’t just have to relate to the weather. Open up…
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The difference one incorrect letter can make…
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How was your weekend? Cold, if you live here in the UK! Here’s an apt new limerick challenge for the start to this week: SNOW Least week’s prompt was CHANGE. You came up with some great limericks: Trent: There once was a man from Boston With a house big enough to get lost in The…
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I wrote a blog post a while ago, hinting that I would soon have some book news regarding a dragon. Well, I thought it about time I enlightened you. A number of years ago, I wrote a chapter book series for children aged 5-7 years old. There were six books in the series and I…
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I met the lovely Graham Bartlett at a writing event this year where we were both teaching. Graham is a former police detective and now writes crime fiction, as well as acting as a police advisor to authors and TV writers. If you need help with your police procedurals or any element of crime fiction,…
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As it was Christmas, I gave you two weeks for the last challenge. We’re back to normal this week. So… Can you tell a story in 18 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was to tell a story in 25 words using the following words in it…
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I hope you’re all having a good 2025 so far (well, it has only been a few hours!). Your writing prompt this week is FAVOURITE 2024 MOMENTS As we welcome another new year in, we often look back over the past 12 months. There will have been good times and bad times, but let’s focus…
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Esther Chilton 