• Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: PUDDLE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word COOK in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing: I’ll do this by hook or by crook, One day, I will finish this book.

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  • Oops!

    I somehow managed to get my days muddled and released two posts at the same time yesterday! So you might have missed my story challenge. In case you did, here it is again: Can you tell a story in 17 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was

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  • Welcome to Book News — my Friday book slot. If any of you would like me to give your books a plug, please get in touch with your blurb, author bio, a photograph of the book, links and anything else you’d like to add. Here’s the address to send it to: estherchilton@gmail.com I’m delighted to

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  • It’s nearly the end of the week. Here’s a new story challenge to set you up for the weekend: Can you tell a story in 17 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 14 words using the following words in it somewhere:

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: NEW BEGINNINGS Spring is known as the season of new beginnings, where the natural word rejuvenates and revives, but what else could be a new beginning? Perhaps a relationship has come to an end and there’s the need for a fresh start. Or maybe someone has done something wrong and

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Spot the problem… Photo credit: BM Media

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  • Happy Monday! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: COOK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SMART in it somewhere. You produced some witty limericks: Keith Channing: Smart people know stuff, it is true, More than me and, no doubt, more than you.

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  • Welcome to Book News — my Friday book slot. If any of you would like me to give your books a plug, please get in touch with your blurb, author bio, a photograph of the book, links and anything else you’d like to add. Here’s the address to send it to: estherchilton@gmail.com This week, I’d

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s almost Friday. Here’s a new story challenge to set you up for the weekend: Can you tell a story in 14 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 8 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: FLOWERS IN BLOOM At this time of year, we begin to see different colours – the bright yellow of the daffodil, the stark white of the snowdrop and the soft hue of the bluebell. Write a poem or story which features flowers in it somewhere. Make it burst with colour.

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