• I’ve been advised to increase the price of my two workbooks, Publication Guanteed (well, almost! and Short Story Focus. They’re currently £7.99 each for the paperbacks and the kindle price is £2.99. So if you’d like to purchase them at that price, get in now! You have a week before the price increase. And there’s…

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  • Happy Thursday! Ready for a new story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 45 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 clever stories: Ritu: Mr…

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  • Once upon a time, when I lived in leafy Berkshire (I think that’s how it’s been referred to, and I can confirm there are trees), I had a loft conversion. It was an experience I’ll never forget. I knew it was going to be an upheaval, with dust, mess and people traipsing in and out.…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Do you agree?!

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  • Happy new week, everyone! Here’s to a good one. Your new limerick challenge is: DINNER Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SNAKE in it somewhere. You produced some amusing limericks: Christine Mallaband-Brown: I love to pick up a snake At wildlife parks, I don’t quake They are smooth and…

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  • As many of you know, The Storm, my latest collection of short stories, came out on Wednesday. I’m thrilled to announce the paperback will soon follow! The launch day is Friday 1st December. And don’t forget to enter my short story competition: To celebrate the launch of The Storm, I’m giving away a copy of…

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  • Happy Thursday! Ready for a new story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 10 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 30 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your excellent stories: Trent’s World:…

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  • Thank you to all of you who pre-ordered my new collection of short stories, The Storm. I hope you enjoy it. For those of you who haven’t pre-ordered, you can obtain a copy through Amazon: Amazon UK Amazon US Paperback news will follow soon. The blurb: There’s a clash of thunder and the brilliance of…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Even ghosts do crosswords. Happy Halloween! 🎃

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  • Happy new week, everyone! Here’s to a good one. Your new limerick challenge is: SNAKE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word BELT in it somewhere. You produced some amusing limericks: Christine Mallaband-Brown: If you belt out that song! You can win a kareoke gong Don’t sing too loud Or…

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