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It’s that time of year when every bloke hopes his mother doesn’t knit/buy him the most hideous Christmas jumper in the world – yet again! As we count down the weeks to Christmas, I thought I’d try and find the most hideous Christmas jumper ever. I think I’m off to a good start:
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Well, that’s it, we’re into December and just when you thought advertisers and retailers couldn’t shove Christmas down your throat anymore, along come more ads featuring cringe-worthy Christmas compilations, tacky commercials showing off sickly supermarket spreads and plenty more to remind you that Aunt Edith really would love a new pair of mauve moccassin slippers…
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Homophone Headache! Yesterday in my writing exercise for you, I asked you to spot ten deliberate mistakes in a page of text. One of the mistakes was a homophone (aloud/allowed) where the words sound the same but have a different meaning. It’s so easy to type the wrong word but always look at the context…
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This would be my 17-year-old feline’s idea of kitty heaven!
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I laughed when I read this quote. It’s so true!: Shortest horror story in history: Tomorrow is Monday. Someone agrees:
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Crafty Commas! A lot of new writers are unsure where commas should be placed when writing dialogue. Here’s a guide to help you: If you lead into a passage of speech with ownership, a comma should be placed before the words of speech e.g.: Sarah said, “Would you like a cup of tea?” Alternatively, if…
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The women’s weeklies are jam packed with jaw-dropping and dramatic stories. Surely they aren’t something to be considered by a real writer? These magazines do pay extremely well, sometimes offering £100 for a star letter of only a hundred words or so. True-life tales pay bigger money with some earning the story-teller a whopping £1000.…
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Well, things were going quite smoothly this week until my cheekiest rescue cat decided to jump behind the TV and got stuck. After much aggravation, on both parts, he managed to break free, pulling a load of wires with him! So that put paid to internet connection for a while. Thankfully, I’m now connected and…
Esther Chilton 