• Funny Of The Week

    Well, that’s what happens in the films… Image credit: Reddit.com

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  • Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to start your Monday. Your new word is: CELL Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word GRAVY in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing: Gravy? Make mine a Bavarian, Resplendent in goulash Hungarian. Add piping hot rice, Vacuum-packed spice.

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  • Book News – Seduction

    I’m thrilled to announce that Emily Martin, one of my Writers Bureau students, is launching her romance novel, Seduction, at the beginning of February. You can pre-order it through Amazon. I wish Emily all the best with her book. Here’s the blurb: A young woman’s perplexing journey through the realms of love and lust. Jack’s

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  • Happy Thursday and happy new month! Here’s a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 15 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 6 words using the following word in it somewhere: Here are your clever stories: Kim Smyth: He

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  • Here’s the next instalment in my building work diary, telling the tale of when I had a loft conversion a few years ago. If you missed the story so far, here are the earlier days: Day One Day Two Days Three and Four Days Five and Six Days Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I think they need to rephrase this as ‘What’s Cool’… Many thanks to Lance Greenfield for this week’s Funny of the Week.

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  • Happy Monday! Here’s a new limerick challenge to start your week. Your new word is: GRAVY Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word DIET in it somewhere. You produced some amusing limericks: Keith Channing: My wife just put me on a diet, Insisted I should at least try it. When

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  • When I was head judge for Writers’ Forum’s short story competition, I read many delightful stories by Mark deMeza. I was thrilled to hear that he has a book coming out on January 27th. It sounds like it’ll make a compelling read. Here’s the blurb: The Thirteenth Child Inspired by a true story, this compelling

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  • Happy Thursday! How has your week been? Good, I hope. Here’s a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 6 words? You must use the following word somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 19 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your

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  • Here’s the next instalment in my building work diary, telling the tale of when I had a loft conversion a few years ago. If you missed the story so far, here are the earlier days: Day One Day Two Days Three and Four Days Five and Six Days Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve

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