• Funny Of The Week

    Just a reminder…

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  • Happy Monday! Time for a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: WORST Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word BEARD in it somewhere. You came up with some very funny limericks: Trentpmcd: Tom had a beard that wouldn’t stop Like the guys from ZZ Top From his face To his…

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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 latter – a coaster that takes glasses of water, cups of tea and smoothies over the course of a day, which help to…

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  • Book Review – Mutate

    Heather Beveridge was a guest on my blog a few weeks ago with Mutate, the first book in a trilogy, which she wrote under the pen name of Hetty Waite. If you missed it, you can read it here. I’ve just finished the book and wanted to share my review with you. Here is the…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s this week’s story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 28 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 39 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your super stories: Linking People 2003: On his worn-out couch,…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is CHRISTMAS Isn’t it a little early to have a prompt on Christmas, you may ask. But I’ve seen lots of Christmas trees up already, there are gifts in the shops and advent calendars ready to go up on Sunday, so perhaps it’s not too early. What do you think? What…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It hurts just thinking about it…

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  • It’s Monday afternoon and time for a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: BEARD Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word FUDGE in it somewhere. You came up with some very entertaining limericks: Trentpmcd: “Oh, fudge!” I thought he said When the branch hit him in the head But that…

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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. This week, it’s the turn of Henry Hoover. These quirky vacuums came out in 1979, released by Numatic home appliances. They soon became one of our best-loved domestic appliances and are now seen as…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    For this week’s Guest Writer Spot, I’m going to let my guest take over: Hello, Allison Symes here. Many thanks, Esther, for inviting me to join you on your blog. Esther and I go to The Writers’ Summer School, Swanwick. As well as being a keen delegate, I’ve run workshops there on editing. I also…

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