short stories
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From today, for a week, my two short story collections are on sale for 99p (ebooks). Here’s a little bit about them: A Walk in the Woods An autumnal stroll through the woods, colourful leaves crunching underfoot, the air fresh on the face, laughter and lightness portraying a happy mother and daughter scene. But something…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week, I have a returning guest – Murray Clarke.…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week’s guest is Nicola Daly, who has appeared in…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week’s guest is a writer whose work I always…
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Do any of you like writing flash fiction? Maybe you’re not sure what it is. Or, if you do know, you’d like to explore it some more. I’ve written a new course for The Writers Bureau on this form of writing. In this three-module, online course you cover what flash fiction is, how to write…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week, I would like to welcome V. M. Sang…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. Please welcome the very talented John W. Howell as my…
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I’m delighted to be part of the wonderful Story Chat II blog tour. The fantastic Marsha Ingrao started Story Chat ‘as a unique online blogging program for authors and readers’. After the success of the first book, she began work on the second, inviting authors from all over the world to send in their writing. She…
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Here is the story which was awarded third place in the flash fiction competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story up to 250 words. Catching Up By Allison Symes ‘Tremberina, how nice! Haven’t seen you since Fairy School.’ ‘Good to see you, Sherell, here in the university’s magical plants…
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This weekend, it’s time for the story which was awarded third place in the themed competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story between 1000-3000 words on any of the following themes: LIBRARY, JOURNEY or LOVE. Still on the Shelf By Sharon Richards A frisson of excitement spread along the library shelves,…
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