stories
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Last week, I brought you news that I’m working on a series of children’s books. You can read the post here. The first in the series is called The Secret Dragon. I thought it would be good to have a different name for the children’s books, as I’ve already written collections of short stories and…
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This week I’m delighted to feature a writer who often takes up my story challenges. Please give a warm welcome to Ann Edall-Robson. If you’d like to be included in my guest writer 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…
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Hey there. I hope you’ve had a great week so far. Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 29 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: THUMB MOSAIC CHAMPAGNE STUDENT VACUUM Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 50 words using the following…
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Thank you to everyone who responded to my call for authors last week. Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring some fantastic books in my Friday book slot. If any of you would like me to give your books a plug, please get in touch with your blurb, author bio, a photograph of…
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Last Friday, I announced I was changing my Thursday five-word challenge. I thought it was about time I mixed things up a bit. So you’ll find a different word challenge here every Thursday. Here’s your first one: Can you tell a story up to 100 words (you can still write a five-word one if you…
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It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is: MOON So can you tell a story in five words using the word MOON in it somewhere? Your word last week was CONTROL. Here are your CONTROL stories: EDC Writing: In control, with her, unlikely. Kim Smyth: I lost…
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It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is: ADOPT So can you tell a story in five words using the word ADOPT in it somewhere? Last week’s word was FAMILY. Here are your FAMILY stories: Keith Channing: You cannot choose your family. Family is but friends are.…
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It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is: SPELL So can you tell a story in five words using the word SPELL in it somewhere? Last week’s word was WIND. Here are your WINDY stories: Keith Channing: Wind is indeed a homograph. Wind can be a homophone.…
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It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word is: SWING So can you tell a story in five words using the word SWING in it somewhere? Last week’s word was PLOT. Here are your PLOTTED stories: Terveen Gill: They gathered to plot murder. Keith Channing: The plot was definitely vacant.…
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It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word is: PLOT So can you tell a story in five words using the word PLOT in it somewhere? Last week’s word was NEXT. Here are your NEXT stories: Terveen Gill: They will kill me next. Darlene: Who will she kill next? He…
