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  • Funny Of The Week

      Alternatively, get a giant purse:      

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  • The Monday Grumps

    After getting up at five am yesterday morning to go and watch my daughter in a swimming gala all day, I’m feeling a little grumpy today. Any of you share the feeling?     Obviously someone does!    

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Naughty Numbers! Last week, it was page numbers and this week, it’s numbers in the body of your work. Are you sometimes unsure whether you should write numbers in word or figures e.g. ‘8’ or ‘eight’? Generally the numbers one to ten are written in words and those that come after are written in figures.…

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  • An Electrifying Ending!

    Last week I started you off with a short story beginning. I hope you found it useful in sowing the seeds of a story in your mind and allowing you to develop it further for yourself. Now here’s an ending (again, as with the ‘blistering’ of last week, ‘electrifying’ is rather an exaggeration but, as…

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  • My Writing Week

    Mmmmm…That’s how my writing week is going. I’m sure you all know exactly what I mean but often when I’ve had a week which feels as if it’s going nowhere, the next week is brilliant. Let’s hope next week is one of those! The Lady, renowned as ‘England’s longest running weekly for women’ is my…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I love amusing signs. Here’s one to make you smile:    

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  • I don’t know about you but I just can’t seem to get going this week. A little bit like this fella:     Hopefully by tomorrow, I’ll have a little more go in me:      

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Page Numbers! With more and more publications accepting submissions by e-mail, it’s easy to get out of the habit of adding page numbers to your work but it’s always useful to include them. The editor may wish to print out a copy of your work. If the pages are numbered, he/she can clearly see the…

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  • Sometimes it can be difficult to start a short story off. Perhaps the title won’t come, or the opening line just doesn’t flow. Or maybe that’s all going smoothly but you’re stuck after coming up with an eye-catching title and enticing opening. Here’s a beginning to help you (ok, it’s not exactly blistering but the…

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  • My Writing Week

    A gentle ease-in – or not?! I’m sure most of you will know just what I mean by it taking a week after a holiday to get back into work mode. Though, work often has other ideas! ‘The Writers Bureau’ is always busy so I have a lot of catching up to do there so…

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