Esther Chilton

fiction

  • Markets For Writers

    Crystal Magazine: If you’re a new writer and aren’t sure about sending your stories out, then why not try the small press? Crystal Magazine is a small press publication aimed at new and established writers. The editor, Christine Carr, is particularly encouraging to new writers who lack confidence and who are looking for that first…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I’d like to welcome Murray Clarke back to my Guest Writer Spot. He’s had stories featured on this page a number of times and always knows how to tell a very entertaining story. Sit back, relax and enjoy! FEAR OF FLYING By Murray Clarke The well-spoken, middle-aged gentleman was sweating profusely, trembling and finding it…

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  • Bite Size Writing Tips

    Choosing a setting for your story: The setting in a fiction story can help to shape the mood of the story. A story set in an abandoned warehouse immediately evokes a sense of eeriness and isolation, of neglect and dreariness. Make sure you choose a setting which suits the type of story you’re writing. Different…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    This week’s Guest Writer is the very talented Robbie Cheadle. As you’ll see from her biography, she’s a very versatile writer: Robbie, short for Roberta, is an author with six published children’s picture books in the Sir Chocolate books series for children aged 2 to 9 years old (co-authored with her son, Michael Cheadle), one…

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  • It’s A Bargain!

    A huge thank you to those of you who have read my current book of short stories – A Walk in the Woods. The paperback will be coming out soon – I promise! Some of you may not know that I wrote another book of short stories – The Siege – some years ago, under…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Please welcome Laura Sansom to my Guest Writer Spot for the first time. She’s written a great story for us. Before you read her story, you might like to know a little bit about her: Laura is an aspiring writer whose projects has, and will continue to include poetry, article/ content writing, flash fiction and…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I’d like to welcome Marian Wood to my Guest Writer Spot. I met Marian at the recent Annual Bloggers Bash in London. We both thoroughly enjoyed the day and came away feeling very inspired about our writing. Marian is sharing one of her stories with us today. Before you read her story, here she tells…

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  • Markets For Writers

    I know a lot of you like to write stories, which have a dark thread to them. If you’re nodding your head, and agree, you might like to enter Writing Magazine‘s Dark Tales Competition. Here are some details for you: ‘Head for the shadows for this month’s competition, which invites fiction with an edge. It…

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  • How Do You Choose Your Book Cover?

    As many of you know, my book of short stories, A Walk In The Woods, recently came out. I loved working with my illustrator and watching my ideas for the cover slowly take shape. I wanted the cover to reflect the first story, and to have a woodland scene as well as the little girl…

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  • Markets For Writers

    I know that many of you are inspired by a theme so here’s one for you from The Fiction Desk: Houses and homes. Want to know more? Here’s what they have to say: ‘There should be plenty here for short story writers to get their teeth into: from domestic dramas to haunted houses, it’s an…

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