• Funny Of The Week

    This week’s ‘funny’ has been sent in by a friend of mine who lives in Dubai and who spotted this sign in M&S:

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  • Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge. Your word is: DEEP Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word CRUNCH in it somewhere. You came up with some hilarious limericks: Keith Channing: If pressed, I would say I’ve a hunch That my story is reaching a crunch. My wife’s birthday’s today, So…

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  • Earlier this week, I announced the winners of the short story competitions I ran at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Here is the story which was awarded first place in the flash fiction competition for stories up to 250 words. A Father’s Son By Terry Lowell How do you tell your boy he’s not your son? Do…

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  • On Tuesday, I announced the winners of the short story competitions I ran at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Here is the story which was awarded first place in the themed competition. Entrants had to write a story between 1000-3000 words on any of the following themes: LIBRARY, JOURNEY or LOVE. Stick or Twist? By David…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    This week’s guest writer is someone you may know. I’m delighted to feature Linda Bethea whose blog is nutsrok. Her guest post is so entertaining and she makes her relatives come bursting to life: Southern Fried Crazy We do love our crazy folks down South.  Oh, we may not want them right up in the…

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  • Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 50 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 22 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your amusing stories: Christopher Farley: She said I was childish…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: FEELING PROUD What have you done in your life that’s made you feel proud of yourself? Done well at school, get a dream job, perform a small act of kindness to another that’s made a huge difference to them, become a parent, survived an illness against the odds? Perhaps it’s…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    There are several reasons to avoid this dish, including the fact that it doesn’t particularly look like cheese and if it’s going to cause paralysis…

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  • Competition Winners

    When I was teaching a course on writing competitions at Swanwick Writing Summer School back in August, I launched two competitions for those attending the school. I had some fantastic entries for both competitions which made my job of choosing winners very difficult. But I promised I would announce the winning stories today so I’ve…

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  • How was your weekend? Ready for a new limerick challenge? Your word is: CRUNCH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word CHANCE in it somewhere. You came up with some amusing limericks: Keith Channing: Chance or Community Chest. I can’t decide which card is best. Ten pounds for a beauty Or two…

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