• Funny Of The Week

    An interesting sauce…

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  • Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to set you up for the week. Your new word is: DIET Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word TRAIN in it somewhere. You produced some funny and cheeky limericks: Keith Channing: Tomorrow, I’m catching a train, Riding southward from Donny to

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  • So, last week, I mentioned that I’ve got a deadline for my new how-to book. I’m also working on rebranding my first book of short stories, The Siege. That’s enough work, isn’t it? Along with my editing work, tutoring, zoom workshops, writing club and article and short story writing. Oh, and I’ve written a series

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  • Last week’s challenge was a tough one, but I loved reading your responses. Here’s a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 19 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 41 words using the following six words in it somewhere:

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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

    Seems we’ve got a new prime minister…

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  • How does Monday come around so quickly?! I hope this week’s a good one for you. Your new limerick challenge is: TRAIN Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word FAME in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing: Whilst searching for fame as a writer, I oft had

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  • I don’t know about you, but being given a deadline always gives me the kick up the backside I need. So there I was, working away on my new how-to book, Novel Know-how. It was coming along fine. It just takes time to come up with a structure and you’ve got to get the chapter

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  • It’s the Thursday after New Year. I hope 2024 is going well for you so far. Here’s a little story challenge: 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 13 words using the following three words

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  • Here’s the next episode 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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