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  • We’re into week three now and as you will have seen from my blog, the search is going well. Just how many dire Christmas jumpers can there be?! This week, we’re spoiled with his and hers (yes, I know technically speaking, hers isn’t a jumper but she does have a Christmas skirt to match so that has to…

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  • Worried about the pile of tacky Christmas themed presents about to come your way next week? This moggy knows just how you feel:    

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    No one likes a clever clogs! We’ve all read stories where we’re left thinking, ‘Is it just me or does this ending not make the slightest bit of sense?’ So don’t try to be too clever with your story. If your reader has to keep going over the ending to understand it, it could ruin…

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  • The ABC of Article Writing

    Recently, I’ve devoted more time to short stories than articles. So over the next few weeks, I plan to redress the balance by going through the letters of the alphabet and sharing some article ideas with you. Don’t ask me what I’m going to come up with for ‘x’ – I’ll get the mind working…

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  • My Writing Week

    Someone pointed out that it’s two weeks to Christmas today! I wasn’t too pleased as for some bizarre reason I thought I had a little longer to meet my deadlines. So it’s go, go, go. I hope you’re a little more organised than me! My market for you this week is one anyone can have…

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  • So I started my search for the most hideous Christmas jumper ever last week and I have to admit, I wondered if I’d found it last week. What do you think? I mean, the hat just doesn’t go, does it?!  

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  • As Christmas draws ever nearer, it seems that houses outside and in are being thrust into the festivities. Our house is no exception but unlike this person, I draw the line at the bathroom:      

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Windy walks and bubble baths I’m sure you’ll know what I mean when I say that some days your writing just seems to flow effortlessly and before you know it you’ve reached that goal of 1000 words. On other days, holding a tarantula in your hand for ten minutes (or a snake, rat, cockroach etc…

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  • With Christmas just around the corner and heads full of cards, wrapping paper, lists, present buying, Christmas dos and much much more, ideas for stories, articles and poems with a Christmas theme easily come to mind. If they do, great, jot them down but save them for late summer/early autumn next year. It’s no good…

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  • My Writing Week

    I’ve a few interesting projects on the go at the moment and at the start of the week they weren’t going well, but fingers crossed, things seem to be coming together. My market of the week for you is ‘Writers’ Forum’: You can find a copy of this monthly publication in selected newsagents, but if…

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