• I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: LUCK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word DRAMA in it somewhere. You came up with some amazing limericks: Keith Channing: Driving out with my oldest friend, Bruce, Realised we were

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Happy Friday! It’s time for my guest writer slot. This week, it gives me great pleasure to welcome back Kim Smyth. She appeared in this slot a few weeks ago. If you missed it, you can read it here. Now for another of her super poems: A Shorkie’s Story Come and listen to a story

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  • Hi everyone. I hope you’ve had a good week so far. Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 41 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 29 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: LETTERS AND DIARIES Do you keep a diary? Or perhaps you used to when you were a teenager. You could create a character who has a big secret and only shares it with their diary. Did you used to write letters to a pen pal? Or a family member who

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Sounds tasty…

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  • How was your weekend? For those of you in England, it’s a bank holiday today. I hope you’re enjoying it. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday whether you’re off work or toiling away. Your new word is: DRAMA Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word ZOOM in it somewhere.

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Happy Friday! I’m delighted to welcome an author many of you know well to my guest writer slot this week. Darlene Foster has written the highly entertaining Amanda Travels series and her 10th book Amanda in Scotland: The Standing Stones will be released on June 1st. Each story is stand alone and you don’t have

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  • Hey there. I hope you’ve had a great week so far. Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 29 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 50 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: BOOKS What does that word mean to you? The joy of reading? A favourite book? The smell and feel of a new book as you turn the first page? Perhaps it’s writing your own book. Or going to book events. You don’t have to share your work, but I always

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Ah, so that’s what all this laundry lark is about…

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