humour

  • So I started my search for the most hideous Christmas jumper ever last week and I have to admit, I wondered if I’d found it last week. What do you think? I mean, the hat just doesn’t go, does it?!  

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  • As Christmas draws ever nearer, it seems that houses outside and in are being thrust into the festivities. Our house is no exception but unlike this person, I draw the line at the bathroom:      

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Windy walks and bubble baths I’m sure you’ll know what I mean when I say that some days your writing just seems to flow effortlessly and before you know it you’ve reached that goal of 1000 words. On other days, holding a tarantula in your hand for ten minutes (or a snake, rat, cockroach etc…

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  • My Writing Week

    I’ve a few interesting projects on the go at the moment and at the start of the week they weren’t going well, but fingers crossed, things seem to be coming together. My market of the week for you is ‘Writers’ Forum’: You can find a copy of this monthly publication in selected newsagents, but if…

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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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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    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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  • Funny Of The Week

    This would be my 17-year-old feline’s idea of kitty heaven!  

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  • Monday Morning Moan

    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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  • Funny Of The Week

      Alternatively, get a giant purse:      

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