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Have box, will fit! My beloved seventeen-year-old, Clio loves lying in or on anything, from comfy beds, to pieces of paper, to my i-phone, to my computer. But her favourite place is a cardboard box – whatever the size!
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By Post or E-mail? Even though we live in an electronic age where more and more publications are accepting work by e-mail, some still prefer postal submissions, especially from someone writing for them for the first time. So make sure you research this carefully. If a magazine only accepts work by post, don’t think you…
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Yesterday, in my blog, I gave details of a fantastic flash fiction competition, ‘Flash 500’. Winning a flash fiction competition can give you a tremendous boost and spur you on to write for other publications and enter other competitions. That’s exactly what happened to me. The following story is the first piece of flash fiction…
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After a bank holiday at the beginning of the week, I keep having to remind myself which day of the week it is. It really feels like a Tuesday but as it’s already Wednesday, my deadlines are looming even closer. Though, school starts back next week so I should be able to catch up quite…
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My award this week goes to this comfy chap!
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As followers of my blog will know, I’m a little bit of a crazy cat lady and have several rescue cats who regularly ‘help’ me in my work by sprawling across it so I can’t do any or distracting me by looking cute in the quest for cuddles. Today, my cheekiest chappie, Morris isn’t stopping…
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Dramatic Dialogue In a short story, you need to hook your reader’s interest straight away. If your opening paragraph is too long or you waffle, you’ll lose his interest. Try opening your story with dialogue. It instantly makes your reader feel part of the story and privy to the conversation that’s taking place. Here are…
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If you’re stuck for an idea for an entertaining article, or if the one you’re working on just isn’t coming together, set it aside and work on something fun. That’s what I did with this one: When you next settle down with your favourite book or magazine and reach for a chocolate treat, think about…
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The first two days of my writing week went very well; I managed to achieve a lot and have had an exciting work offer – more about this in time and then today, I feel as if I’m wading through treacle. We all have days like this, when no matter how hard we…
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Last week, I promised that my ‘Funny Of The Week’ would be a Mark Twain quote and here it is: ‘Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.’ I think this chap demonstrates his words perfectly:
Esther Chilton 