• Writing Prompt:

    This week’s writing prompt is: Holidays What does the word ‘holidays’ conjure up for you? The long, summer break when you were at school? Endless days to spend with friends, or for reading under a shady tree? Or perhaps it’s a special trip somewhere that comes to mind. One of my holidays didn’t go according…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It’s good dogs have finally been given their own translator…

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  • Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: GLUE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word WRITER in it somewhere. You produced some laugh-out-loud limericks: Keith Channing: When money was tight, getting tighter, My mum and dad pulled an all-nighter. They said, “Listen, whelp,…

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  • I’ve done it – finished the final round of editing of my latest how-to book, Novel Know-how. Phew! In honour of this tremendous feat (it really is, as everyone who’s written a book knows!), I’m reducing the ebook price of my first how-to book, Publication Guaranteed (well, almost!) to 99p over the weekend. So click…

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  • Hello, all. It’s Thursday so that means there’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 30 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 15 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your brilliant stories:…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: Lost Something has been lost. Perhaps it’s something expensive like a piece of jewellery. Or it may seem worthless – like a letter. But maybe it’s a love letter or a letter from a grandparent who has now died, so it’s precious to the owner of the letter. A person…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Not sure you’d be able to keep the smile. Maybe more of a grimace…

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  • Happy Monday! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: WRITER Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SHOCK in it somewhere. You produced some laugh-out-loud limericks: Keith Channing: Some people who live in Bangkok Have ne’er had to season a wok. Oh sure, it takes time,…

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  • I’ve been fortunate to meet T M Logan a few times now, at various book events. Not only is he a really nice guy, he writes the most twisty-turny psychological thrillers. I recently attended the book launch for his latest novel, The Dream Home. And I have to say I think it’s his best one…

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  • I hope your week is going well. Here’s a new story challenge for you: 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 29 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories:…

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