• It’s now a week since the paperback version of my new book of short stories came out. Thank you to everyone who has bought either the paperback or the ebook. It’s greatly appreciated and I hope you enjoy the stories. So I’m now turning my attention to relaunching my first collection of short stories, The…

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  • It’s Thursday, so how about a new story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 21 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 in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: Ritu:…

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  • It’s time for the next instalment of 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 and Ten…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I’d love to know what a launch dinner is…

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  • Happy new week! I hope you all have a great one. Your new limerick challenge is: TRIP Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SHOWER in it somewhere. You produced some limericks to make us laugh: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Today it started to shower And watered a poor little flower That…

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  • It’s a month since my new short story collection was launched as an e-book. I’m delighted to announce that The Storm is now available as a paperback. You can order a copy through Amazon: Amazon UK Amazon US The blurb: There’s a clash of thunder and the brilliance of lightning. Huge waves gain momentum, slopping…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday, so you must be ready for a new story challenge. Here you go: Can you tell a story in 13 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 10 words using the following two words in it somewhere: Here are your…

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  • Here’s days five and six in the next instalment of 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 Day Five I have to admit that…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I love this:

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  • Happy new week! I hope you all have a productive one. Your new limerick challenge is: SHOWER Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word TOAD in it somewhere. You produced some limericks to make us laugh: Christine Mallaband-Brown: My pond has a goldfish and frog And a toad that sits…

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