humor
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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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It was so nice to get away last week. Stresses and strains creep up on us all; I hadn’t realised how much I needed a break until I noticed mid-week that my shoulders weren’t up by ears anymore! If you’re feeling under pressure, here’s some tongue-in-cheek advice:
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For those of you living in the UK, you’ll be lucky if you escaped a good soaking this week. The heatwave of the summer seems a little distant but perhaps my writing exercise will help you to find that ray of sunshine: You have two themes to pick from: Holiday Heaven Holiday Hell You can…
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I recently saw this caption: Accept that some days you’re the pigeon and some days you’re the statue. It’s so true! Which one are you today?
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I’m not sure either one is too impressed with this arrangement!
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My writing exercise for your this week is to write a short story in the form of e-mails. Who is e-mailing who and about what is up to you. Two old school friends could be parted by distance but stay in touch via e-mail. Perhaps something happens to one of them, or there could be…
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I love witty quotes and captions. This one caught my eye and made me laugh:
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Last week, I gave the dogs a chance, now, thanks to this little cutie, it’s back to ‘cat tired’! Though, surely not the most comfortable place to fall asleep??!!
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My tip this week applies to all aspiring writers and that’s to never give up. It can be very disheartening to receive rejection letter after rejection letter or not to hear back at all – I know, I’ve been there. But I kept going, researching markets, reading others’ work, building on my punctuation and grammar…
Esther Chilton 