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In my latest series, I’m taking you on a tour of my desk buddies, who watch over me as I work, or who help me in some way. This week, I’m sharing my Harry Potter pot with you. I saw this in a shop a few years ago and, being a massive Harry Potter fan,…
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My guest this week is Paula Charlton. She doesn’t usually write poetry, but was inspired to write this after a recent problem with her heating. ‘I was so fed up,’ she says, ‘but then I began to put things into perspective. This is what came out.’ The Boiler’s Blown By Paula Charlton Heating cuts out…
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Here’s this week’s story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 40 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 10 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your brilliant stories: Darlene: The Martian longed for spaghetti so…
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This week’s writing prompt is TIME What does time mean to you? It can be easy to feel that you don’t have any at this time of year, with so much to do. Does time mean clocks and watches? Do you think of it in terms of time-travel? Wouldn’t it be good to be able…
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So that’s where I’ve been going wrong!
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I hope you had a lovely weekend. It’s now time for a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: HOUSE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word WORST in it somewhere. You came up with some very amusing limericks: John W. Howell: There once was a man from Pine Hurst, Who’s…
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In my latest series, I’m taking you on a tour of my desk buddies, who watch over me as I work, or who help me in some way. This week, it’s the turn of my gorgeous ghosts. I love the city of York and when I visited, I just had to visit the famous York…
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My Guest Writer this week is a special friend of mine and a very talented poet. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Gill Hawkins. As it’s near Christmas, she’s sharing a festive poem with us. It’s my favourite poem of hers. I hope you enjoy it. THE LONELINESS OF SNOWMEN BY GILL HAWKINS You…
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Here’s this week’s story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 10 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 28 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: Richmond Road: Shake a leg Don’t break…
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This week’s writing prompt is GIFTS My prompt last week was Christmas, so it would be easy to think I mean Christmas gifts. If that’s where the prompt takes you, that’s fine, but there are lots of other interpretations of ‘gifts’. For example, you might see good health as being a gift. My cat brings…
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